The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-09-19 00:00:00

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PIIYSIOLOGY, in SURGERY, will be coaramotrtal se Meador the let of Octolaer, at 2 &GINO. By JOSHUA BEGOK ES, P. R. S., F. L. S.. Ike. &a. Spacloses Apt/tweets tbeedasdifyoentilated. and replete with event Humw nienee, will be open all the Horning, for the purpose of Disseetiog auti.in- Joesiem.sibene Mr. Brookes Meek to direct tie Students, and demonstrate thewarious parts as they appear on Dissection. The inettesealeaelts usually agassttingtAnatomleal investigations are eoun teracted by an antiseptic Process.—Pn e lls may be accommodated in the House. . . . , -er!• irilth . thelie - the .. return to cash paymietst thtle.ne.i ref . tirenirbit ,th regard 10 the payment of pension's kag 4% k matt whiclrtbe profits of the Company bed uto 1000 t bets erial eminished. . Information of this nature* Icaf tgive.eeneral satiefactioff. Tin CHAIRMAN said, that the reduction of the rete of' discoing, - the rite- of Bxeliequez Bills, which were ode' ae3ll. a premium, sheering se g eat a want of empleiyment for money, were really things notoriouti and so Obvious. that the Directors ninsidered It site uneecessarr to utake an such statements. The ,notion that 4 per cent. ith ibibetite dividend for the next lialf-year was about to be at, when Mr. °inanely again• rose. asked the proprietors whether they would be cesium to declare a reduced dirlz thigell without any explanation or knowledge of their =- ewers? To resist this be wield now move, as sei amend 'taint, that the dividend for the next half year should . be 5 per cent. This motion was seconded by a Proprietor; whose aims we could not learn. Or. YOUNG . pressed,an answer to the question, which he Witt pat, as to the declaration of the dividends. Thstleiraistuaw said, he maid °sly state that the Court i of Directors thought proper, after a mature consideration of the present stare of their affairs, to propose a dividend of 4 per cent. The Court of Directors undoubtedly bad not the power of looking into futurity. A desultory debate ensued ; and in reference to the com plaints that had been made, The tiovaastoa said, that the Directors of the Bank had no wish to withhold any information from the Pro prietors, which the majority of them might choose to ask for. Up to the present moment. the majority of the Proprietors had negatived every proposition that had been made to them for further explanation; and it could not, therefore, he expected dist the Directors would afford such extensive information to any individual that might think proper to apply for it. Mr. Guertin (the barrister) was of opinion that the Governor of the Bank had placed the matter in a very proper light. He understood his argument to be this—:hat when any individual Proprietor asked a question, to which the Directors, in their discretion, could not vouchsafe an answer, it W 49 the duty of that individual to refer the •ex erase of that discretion to the Court of Proprietors, and to see whether they would sanction it with their approbation. He was himself as anxious to have a good dividend as any of his brother Proprietors whom be saw around him. He had, however, sufficient confidence in the wisdom and in tegrity of the Directors to induce him to support their resolution for a dividend of 4 per cent., and to oppose the r amendment of the honourable proprietor who proposed to increase it to 5 per cent., not so much with a view of carrying it, as of bringing the whale affair of the Hank under consideration. If the honourable gentleman thought that a further disclosure of their affairs would be for ti, i - interest, let him bring forward such a propo.ition as a specific motion; and urn that let the proprietary decide. The amendment of al r. Gondrir was then put and nega tived; after which, the origival question was pat and car ried. - - Court.—The reasons for tirietweeentaisant.appeer. to bt—lst. Tbot tbeheneos at which the renttotrae.called was a hose ,110141011 E. the farmers.whocot* net serve is Jarmo . i njury to*eit rprivate coweerns. 2tl: That as Um Alt , Item strung, and no fear entertained of the prisoners escap lag, theoldii mg .of c Court was nueoessitry. • . 110 following extract ti iotereeting, as 'hewing sot only the state of morels enrol* the descendants of the Po*: Orem', .bat the of:widens.e of feeling between the ' people of .New • ant • di Old !ihieleast4- , Ai#atiltse.crotelty td cattle i-ae '• r .,. 61. F • • MUNICIPAL cam., Or uttop:SOSTONi: • Ake .. Titint,, 1814. an. Monday Prole o#, jioomitseeit as the, M.. "ig.perecins, anionic • *MONA, 44 bein Convicted at thJa terns; .' , Lewis de Bone, for h . reedldni sad entering in *knight time the office of Samuel Dina, with intent to steal,. fl' days solitary imprisonment and tonfioeinent to bud lal)2tar for, four years iq the Stare Prison. Aher . 141404 Mt. DoolaP. the prlimiefs coundel, moved in arrant Of.tbri jadiftm•nr.. on th. • ground. that the offence charged was not - 'aikkeinst anKatettue of the Commonwealth, he case of Wirriani Rep. 410. was rcpt ia , sopppil of the temian. Hut the Judge overrnhA it, considirin; that the offence was within the act of cb. 34, which was ettactedsubseqlently to the decision in Carrot's casr," John' G. Hates, for forging a note of hand. ih December 1520, with intent to defraud Mort, Stearns and John Thorndlre, ten days solitary iMprisomnent atsd tisane ment to hard labour for three years in the'Conneyol4--z Counsel for the prisoner. S. 1., Knapp. P a ils; The rerd k rendered on clear and. satisfactory evidence, But as O prisoner had never before been senteucesitost pqr•irki7 meet, but hail, prior to the commission of this tigens'e. rag ' tained s fair character, and as he could with mirai.a..tot to the public be employed in lahonr at the gaol; the Judge was induced, Roder the circumit wee. of his case. to fur else the discretion,•which is authorised by the aet of 1311, eh. 123, in so far mitigating the *p n'shment, as noi to require the sentence to be performed in the Suitt Prison. Nancy Note, for privately stealing . from, the person of Obed Hussey, a pocket hook, containing tins in hank bilis, ten days solitary imprisonment and coltinement to .b std. l a bour for t• o years an the County Gaol. Louisa Tre/'ry end Elise Clark, rot privately skirl' 4 from the person of Benjamin Flint; a packet book. troutaiti 7 fug 5300 in bank bills, each ten days subway itnisfison ment and confinement to bard labour for two years, to the County Gaol. One other female was convicted of a like offen..e, sentenced to a like punishment. from Which jetdeoveilt appealed to the next Supreme Judicial Court. These third crimes were perpetrated on Brest Boston Hill. ' John Dauky and Scribner, for break'ne an I entering in the night time, the store of Caleb I:My. nc.l stealing sundry articles, each lie.) slays solitary imorson meta and confinement to hard labour for ftitir years in lit State Prison. From this judgment Scribner arecal;qi to the ne:A Supreme Judicial Court. James Bryant, for maliciously breaking in the vigil: time the windows of the rope walk of Winslow Leak a fine of 515 Peter Cochran was indicted for using and ex , r , lair; great tyranny aid artielt, to a horse, while driving hint iA a waggon through the streets of this city. The driciolan; confessed the facts, alleged in the itidictnietit—loo towe•t in arrest of jiulgusent, that they did not constitute an o;i'enco at common lisv ' or under any statute of the Commonwealth. ft FIATCH Wt. Esq. his Counsel, supported the motieu an ingenious and able argument. Col. Ausrt st, the Aoornee for toe Comutonwealth, relied upon the order of the Colony Government of 1641, " that no man shall exercise ant tyranny or cruelty towards any brute creatures, which are usually kept for the use of man. h • as sufficient tosupport the indictment unless the defendant could show that it had been repealed. The Judge, in overruling the motion, said, "that the offence being charged in the indictment as a common nuisance as well as against the statute, judgment might be rendered against the defendant, if the facts amounted to an offence at common law: and it was not material to I lecider whether the order of 1641 was still in force, as no pstialty was annexed to the breach of it. That order shews, however, that our ancestors considered cruelty to animals as an offence against good moral.., and may be regarded as evidence of the common law of the State on this subject. Some years since, one John 1.. Stone was indicted in this Court for :a common nuisance in starting a horse to death. The in dictment was sitstaine.l, amid e judgment was rendered against him after arguineot. TO exercise extreme cruelty towards a horse in the streets Oa crowded city is not only dangerobs to the safety of persons passing at the time, hy.exciting• the animal to desperate efforts to relieve hirn.elf, hot iv art Outrage against humanity, offensive to the good feelings of all the citisens, and therefore punished as a nuisance a" common law." But as the defendant produced evidence of his general good character in other respects, and that he wad poor; and as he had been twice compelled to come from his home. in New-Hampshire, at great expense, to attend Cour', he was fined only s 5, and required to pay the costs of Court. At the June term of this Conrt, John Williams, convicted of stealing privately from the person of iizsristio Gains; at the Washington Theatre, a pocket-book,with its centaht-. was sentenced to the State Prison for three years. • , John Frink, jnn. convicted of the offence of compoundinte a felony, which had been committed privately on his parser.. was sentenced to pay a fine of 00. He had been preeianilr confined for contempt of Coutr, in neglecting to al t enit before the Brand Jury, and giving testimony relative:vette-a felony, according to his recognizance before the Polit4 Court. • Ancient Charters and Laws of the Colony acid Pravinceof Massachusetts Bay, p.93._ . . ',.•..:, i . n .1.-: ' Wife vivid COURT: . "''' . a ' • .p g g bpollpllshesl,,Priem9a. accoretel coloerpdg •or MIL 7 .a<.- , Pvbi, 1,14 frivoled and varnished; Price es., itVISIT TO THE Plifßl COURT, by ROBERT s .• ' . . GRUiRMHANIK ; aafaltitfel Picture of that celebrated Place of Amuse. le dliplajing Menial Sports. The Artist has been Op seesessful in delineating. not only Portraits, but the ‘ 'os =gad Mannerism of all the Professo , s and Amateorsof the glyg; svabngst which, stand prominent' v . Spring. Neat, 56 ,z, Marcia. Ores:son, Cribb, Cy. Davis, Isaac Hilton, Sam Jack Cooper, Richmond, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Igr. Witten, The Marquess of Worcester, Lord igkagglsits High Seymour, Ate. 80. gold b Sherwood, Jones, and Co. Paternosteorow. O.AIII'ARD'S P‘RLIAMEN rARY• ltiii4ATltiS. frOrSUBSCRIBEIRS 10 this 'WORK, and the PAWeirigrelmeetfuliy informed, that the Eighth Volume Rik NEW igaiss. Postelator Hew precise:Bags to both genes of Parliament. from the °posing of the ta:A Seulon to dwell of - April, Including the of the Docnments reg. 11,‘,„„. tad IN, important Rebate/ open. the recent Negotia tions with regard to Spain, Is reedy for delivery. Volume the Nits*, which wilt nompitte the proceedings of the last Sessioo, will bs published in November. All commaalemilons for this Work, if forwarded to Mr. Wright, .40. 111. ROgent-street, or to Mr. T. C. Ilynsard„ Pe tobaropirb.reart, Fleetetreet.. will be carefully attended re; bolas:4e early publication of the Proceedings of reels Session f i ggsageltandrable. It Is respectfully requested that such Oamseaksalless my be forwarded with as little delay as pos. lible• . !Hided for Baldwin, Cradoek, and Joy; J. Rooker ; T.ong sasylismt. Rees. Orme, and Co.; J. M. Richardson; Kings fiery. Vorbory. and Allen; J. Ilatehard and Son : J. Ridgway Cud Rees; B. Jeffery and Sow; Rodwell and Martin: R. H. IMO; Budd and Calkia ; J. Booth; and T. C. 'lanyard. MOkE PRIZES AND LOWER PRICES • & J. SIVEWRIGHT, with great satisfaction, aiir• recommen t the Lottery that begins drawing Thursday nestAirpt. 35, to the attention of their Friends and the Public, begone la the brat place they can now offer Ticketr and Shares ebesper than In any Lottery for the last 25 years ! and se eendip, beesese the Neherne is of the most pnpnlar description, reetalaing MORE PRIZES THAN BLANKS !—And among the Ciprtals are 3. ...et" ./20,000- 4 of - .fl,OOO 2 . ......10,000 7 500 3 3,000 _lO ..300 &e. &e. Tie very drat Prize drawn will have in,onnt. more, TiebetvandSbares ere selling at J. & J. S I VRWRIIMIT'S Mead Fortunate Olden, 37, CORaHILL, 11. linrnoau, and 3Et Ifarwanarr, tendon. and by their Agents-in all the prin. - Times in the Kingdom. CARROLL's GREAT LUCK is so well known, that it is quite unnecessary to repeat all the Prizes he has sold in the recent Lotteries. It will be sufficient to care a list of the Capital, Shared and Sold at his Offices in the Last Fear Months only, vie : DOTH 20,00'i. Ix TRW Lan. Lorranr, Also TWO Panes or 20,1X1111. And ONE Pans or 10,000 f. btke Cestraet immediately preceditnt. besides 3 4 of 1,0001. &e. &c. all Shared and Sold within Four Months at CAR !PLC! OPIPICIM HP, Contenit.t, and 94, O'XIPORD-STRERT litters Tickwa and Shares are Selling.. chestier than for the last 23 years, also at No. 7, CHARINO-CROSS, Carroll's New glee, just opened. The Scheme of the present Lottery is de servedly popular; it contains MORE PRIZES THAN IBLANkfil. The Capitals are 3 ...0f 20.0001. 2 3 2 000 4.... of 1,0001. 10. ...0f....3001. 7 600 .....2(0 besides nearly )0,0(10 Smaller Prizes. The First Prize will bare 10,0001. Drawing begins Next Thursday. Mr. GUNPRY and his friends then demanded a ballot which was hard for the 11th of October next. , SPECIMENS OF AMERICAN JURISPRUDENCE AND POLICE. (PROM AMERICAN PAPERS RECENTLY RECEIVED) Tea LATE MAIL ROBBERY.-111 ED article announcing the late robbery of the mail, between Sinking Spring and this place, the Editors of the National latelligeneer serves—" It seems some of the people were indisposed to assist in apprehending the man and keeping him in custo dy ; and the District Jadge who lives on the spot, refused to take cognizance of the case until the Deputy Marshal could he found to take him into custody. We should have thought a constable sufficient to apprehend a mail Robber, and a co.innon gaol quite good enough to bold him. This is a strange country we live in : if a wan owes another a dollar, he may be dragged to a loathsome dungeon, there to linger out a miserable existence; but if he robs the mail, it is a delicate affair to meddle with him—and if he is tried and convicted, three months' imprisonment is the measure of his punishment. Such is the case in Ohio at least."— (Washington Paper.) MAIL ROBBKRS PARDONED.—TWO of the men who rob bed the great mail between N. York and Elizabethtown, iu 1819, and were sentenced to ten years imprisonment. have lately been pardoned by the President. The other accomplice escaped from prison sonic time since. RECIPE TO ;MAKE MAIL ROBBERS —.Let three or font scoundrels combine sad rob the mail; then let them be taken, tried, condemned, and sentenced to prison for ten yea's or mute.—When they have served a short time,-let the President pardon them. By attending to these direc• tions, the country will swarm with these villains before a great many years. P. S.—Those who are pardoned from prison will be far better at the business than hands, as they will know how to avoid former errors. The same prescription will make good pirates.—(N. York Daily Ado.) New YORK, JULY 14.—Cover OF SESSIONS.—A case occurred on Saturday of a novel character, at least in pint of slact, if not of principle.—Mary Blake, a black woman, was indicted and tried for having on the 21st of Jane pro cored a quantity of the vegetab'e powder called Cow Itch, and put the same in water and on a towel used by Mrs. B. the prosecntrix, which caused her great pain and distress. The fact was proved hya little girl employed by the prison er to procure it—by the declaration of the prisoner to the little girl in the evening, saving—" by and by you will hear Mrs. B. scratch," and by her own sithst quent full confession. It was also shown that the article was of an extremely irritating and inflammatory character, and capable of producing great pain and of inflicting serious injury. Mr. Van Wyrk in behalf of the prisoner contended that it was not an indictable offence; and that no private injury conbl be thus punished, unless it was also a matter of public concern.--In support of the law as laid down, he cited the cases of M.M. Noah for breaking open a private letter, City 11111 Recorder, vol. 3, p. 13, and of Wittenburg for directing an innocent female, applying at his intelligence office fur service, to a house of ill fame, C. H. R. vol. 3, p. 49. In those casts he contended that though emvictions were had, the principle oar distinctly recognized by the Comm rt. To MERCHAN'Fi, CAPTAINS, FAMILIES, &c. NOW on SALE, truly Elegant and Fashionehle FURNITURE, at the Original Commission Sale Booms, No. 93, Oxford-street, near Soho-square, at a re daction of Forty Pounds in every Hundred (for reedy mo sey), the best assorted ready manufactured wrocK (com prising every description) of UPHOLSTERY and CABI NET GOODS in the World. DRAWING-ROOM FURNITURE. _ An unrivalled collection of superb Patterns, In Merino bunasks, British, Swiss, and French Chintz, for suits of @retains, or made and fixed after the most modern designs; SARA and 'French Stripes, in wry shade of colonr, used as Wide covers fur couches, chairs, ottomans, Sc.; elegant Safes, Lace, and Bindings to correspond. Thirty seven Dozen Rosewood Chairs, with or without cation; Nineteen Dozen Impregnated Ditto. Twenty-viz Rosewood Sofas and Couches, carved, inlaid wilt Buhl, and,plain. Twenty-two large and small sets of Rosewood Tables. consisting of Lon, Card, and Occasional, both plain and or •awnental : the whole of which are highly finished. Three Dozen Rosewood and Mahogany Cheffoniers and Csbinets. Fifteen Doren Rose, Kingwood, and Mahogany Nests of Tables. Tea Poys, Octagon Work Tables, 'Music Chairs, Stools, &c. Several new Designs of Brussels Carpeting, of chaste co lours, adapted solely to the drawing-room. DINING-PARLOUR FURNITURE. _ _ Seventeen Mahogany and Oak Pedestal and Trateleer SWebeards, some of them richly meet! and French polished, with Sarcophaguses, made of the same material. Twenty Bets of Spanish Mahogany Dining Tables, on im pend principles. Thirty-eight Pembroke Tables, of different sizes. Eleven Secretary Bookcases, of superior workmanship. Thirty-two Dozen Mahogany Chairs, Spanish Frames, both carved and plain, with scarlet and blue morocco, and Wiz hair seats. Upware.s of One Hundred real Turkey Carpets, of various COS; some of them remarkably large, and, for particular skims, must be disposed of without delay.—Rugs to cur " Wed. BED AND DRESSING-ROOM FURNITURE. Three Dozen full sized four-post Mahogany double screw adlodsteads, Spanish pillars. Draperies and Curtains of Bri tish and French Chintz and Damask, tastefully made up iu the 711'4yte of elegsibee. arty-four four post Bedsteads, of smaller sizes; with Smelt tour Dozen French, Tent, and Field Bedsteads. Merge Assortment of genuine Witney B'enkets, of sizes witable to the beds ; and Marseilles Quilts, bleachel oa the dtl tellntepte, without the all of powerful acids. 9eltilawdeed full-steed Feather Beds, made of 'the best tialitY. white Dantzic featbers; and here it is necessary to arl:, that These feathers are dressed in a pezuliar way, by Ik4 the offencive °elegy smell is completely removed. Between Two end Three Hundred Hair and Wool Mat t/Meet, *felted an. plain, with Palliasses of the MOO *TOO PIS j ell of aviskli are finished to a very superior way. 11;4Q...51it Dozen Bed-room Chairs, together wish an Mle .variety of Wakh-hand Stands, Dressing Tables, Boz efragGlessea.ste.—To which may be added, L _ e whole of the Paraphernalia of the Bad and Dressing msbae. ?.. Fatuities pre respectfully reqweilted, particularly from CollOiry, to brirg the dimensions of their rooms, both as tetegs-As the making df 'Carpets with precision, as well as P, cattlut Wet :sod Miaitilsq •Drawing-room Curtains and Aeries. Dining Parlours, lieds,sto. • The Sale eotamencewevery day at ten o'clock. MUNNS and Co. late MILES. .. - FIRE PROM THE ( Las COMPPIT'S PIPIR.—.4 !wont 3 p: ai..: on Wednesday, a circumstance, wbiiii for polite t;tue fl,p -. peared to be of an alarming metre, kook place atthet;rospa, and Anchor public , houss, in KinetnitadVotirt. Shoe- L1 and had it not been day-light, would doss' likely hay* tl'et4 destruction to the wh.,le of that cline mild pepttioaS aefg,lis. bourhood. A few days ago, Mr. Dolltnan, the lantird a the house above mentioned, sent notice to the Qat(ljifri; pany, in Darset-street. Visbuty-square, statiisit'.th.ai 01 service-pipe was ROI secure, and requesting .tlifft,dirfi44ctllf. might be given to,exintlie the pia bc.lonell, lr' ) ,Pritft'w On the dsy aboveruentinned, tuthlte,'olll l i korirn.kilkPlil int; to the /lam CoutPitai ili Citi;se i t i st#et,birW ()Au k , t ;Pre; wises were supplied with 'gee; were ' i ttant .tp '0496114;41kt, repair the pipets bit 0110 of tt . iett !ma, rill 11 . 111 3 he ii , ll.‘ service pip., 'atiri ih'ati 1 , et, APeIf 4 RwAT A I. WA secure, M . .- gas instantly its , Ale a .n4gas t oop poop and outside the 'botise.: Ilia tar pr Nr kW was ka a ittil tei second in thaws, and ibis Cityklit'in lippt:a tiot.,,alpuaattke r e . capable of extinguishing the fire which theft' toipiti4regge • tit '.'ill' - ' ?be The objection was overruled, and the Recorder held that it mune within the clans of cases that s had been frequently punished 1 . 1 indictment; such as poi oning throWing vitriol on another's clothes, &c. It was a perpe. tratioo of mischief, indicating a malicious in eat, which it was therefore a matter of public concern to repress and punish. Evidence was given of the previous goo I charac ter of the prisonert—and among others Moor Oraham 'rd that she tutd•lired,Rwer -- in ids fanait, tho r - =..Y ' / r; ith wit nsC the 1 WO from e de" If W . zrdjet ~l u 16+~'I tPALI is „,t, to .itohvw. 0.1,17 b 4 SOS •LW° Tor .1.10 WW l ' ) ,, r 4l.tto 'ol'lljl •°•u: • BANK MEETING. ~ • • Yesterday a Court of Bank Proprietors was held for the Purpose of decloriogas dividend fOr the next half year.— The .Court was fully attended. The Clerk haring read the Minutes of the lest Court, The Ciatanast stated to this Proprietors that the Court of Directors having duly considered the present state of the affairs of the Bank, thought proper to recommend 'that a dividend of four per cent. should he declared for the half year next ensuing. A. Resolution to thiieffict was then read to the Court. Me. Otterostar said he thew considered it• his linty to ask a fey questions;. but,hifere be did so, be should band a do ellinent to the Chaieman, which he desired should be read. 'The poke, which' was in substance a demand that the asceasta of the profits of the Company and the expenses of management should he submitted by the Court of Direc tors to the Proprietors, was then read. • It was signed by LW. Huntley and Mr. Selwyn. At the request of Mr. Gun dry, the live•late and the 634 section of the Act of the 7th of Queen Anne, respecting the Courts of Proprietors, were then read, but in so indistinct a voice, as scarcely to be in telligible. We understand,, however, that they declared that the half-yearly Courts should be held for the purpcise of examining the state of the affairs of the Bank, and upon those affairs stating a dividend. Mr. GL'NORY contended both upon the authority of the bye law and that of the section, that the Court of &recto's were bound to make to the Proprietors a statement of the affairs of the Comany, and that it was for the purpose of • 1 examining into ' those affairs that the Court was now assembled according to the Charter. Every Proprietor pre sent sat there as a partner, and as such, had a right . to exa mine those accounts in . which his interests were involved. They were sot there for the purpose of hearing the Chair. man say "Sic vole*, sic jubeo, slat pro ratione voluntae;" declare a dividend, and then disperse them. No, they wet not there for the I).l.l'9m:ince of any such farce, but to ex ercise their judgements on their owti affairs, which they bad a right to examine, lie, therefore, called on the Court of Directors to give to the Court of Proprietori not a minute detail or exposure of their tranmettons, but a balance sheet, which would enable them to judge of the state of their affairs, and to declare such a dividend as they should think proper, after an examination of existing drenm stances, 'those who with him before came forward, would now support the measure, and it would now be with the majority to say whether the system should continue any 10Ineer. Mr. Yoeste said, that the last position of the Honourable Proprietor, that the expositionof their affairs depended upon the will of the majority, was certainly correct. The map. rity had gone on in a system of confidence which eras equally honourable to the Proprietors and the Director., But, he, for one, must declare that his confidence b ol been considerably shaken by occorrences of the last twelve months. He alluded to the diminution of their dividend, and the conduct of the Court of Directors on that occasion. He bad, when the important measure of the reduction of the rate of discount was proposed, put a question to the Chairman whether this reduction of their profits was made up by an increase of business, and he received for answer, that the Court of Directors, upon a consideration of these matters, and of the whole of their affairs, thought proper to recommend a dividend of 5 per cent. The Honourable Proprietor then complained of the refusal which he said the Proprietors met with whenever they sought information of such vital impwtance. Unless the practice was altered, the confidence placed by the Proprietors in Directors, which bad hitherto been so complete, must be shaken. Ha wish ed to know whether the dividends were declared upon the present profit, or whether frorn a consideration of their future, as well as present, circumstances? He bad a writ ten request to make to the Directors; it was, in substance, that all the Minutes of the Court of Directors, or the Sub stance of every Resolution entered into by the Directors for the declaration of dividends for the two year. last past, should be laid before the Court of Proprietors. lie was quite willing to wait for their production till the next Court, but if it should appear from them that the Directors last year, when he but tine question to them - whether the decrease of their profits was made up by an increase of their business ? had it in contemplation to redece their dividend, his confidence (we understood the Honourable Proprietor to say) would be greatly diminished. The only mode of restoring that confidence would be the production of the Minutes, and clear answers as to their real situa tion, 54.0u:runt who had not sat down while Mr. Young was on his legs, insisted upon c.e right of the Court to inspect their accon els. The terms of the advertisement calling them together had lately' been narrowed. They were formerly " to consider the state and condition of the Company's affairs ;" now it ran "to consider of a divi dend. The Court were always treated with contempt and hauteur, and not made acquainted with the changes that took place. One Director, Mr. Turner, had resigned, and for a half year no intimation of that was given to the Proprietors. The CHAIRMAN said, Mr. Turner had gone ont by rota tion. Mr. OUNDRY said, he had then been misinformed ; but on the most important occasions there was a lack of infor mation on the part of the Proprietors, who were treated with intolerable contempt. What was the conduct of other Companies on similar occasions? He was formerly a Proprietor of India Stock, but he sold it, because he was so pestered by applicaions respecting his vote and interest (laughter, and cries of "hear"). It was now Ile. cessary to make a stand against the conduct of the Direc tors. He understood, that in a work written by one Chan tillon, the author, in speaking of toe affairs of the Bank of England, mentioned, that it was their custom to examine tneir accounts at each Half Yearly Court.—Surely, an eothor of credit would not have made such an assertion if it were not notoriously tree. The Honourable Pro prietor besonght the Proprietors present to consider the Interest of those who were absent. The numb-r of Pra prietors had been estimated at live thousand --soise were in Yorkshire, many were foreigners; others were widows and spinsters, and none of these could be brought there to vete, or tbe'preeent system could not stand. Mr. S. DICKSON midi- that every elucidation of their affairs that could bo given with propriety, smelt to be given: - -lint 'as a ptoptietor, would strenuously oppose a•y_loll.eitposition of the state of their a ff airs being made public .He thought, bcn which might be safely , For Andante how easy , yeartsdivideld,. at thelael to have teated, as the g rot f the . :pralita; ivy the red tit 5 per Mg. •to 4; the state whichlbe Company hail ' tr.iptietor, would strenuously oppose punish. Evidence was given of the previous goo 1 charac- second in Shows, and the IVakin'etiapesiaieci tbe'state of their atfairs bring made ter of the prisoner;—and among others Doctor Graham capable of extinguishing the fire which their Vnipen egee owever, there were sollpe eirPositions stated that she baddived,three years in his family, anti that occasioned, it in a very short I'M, ilainsiged sonte'rif the r nude to the proprietors at large. "a owe-honest, h onora bl e , on• e t, and peaceable woman, articles within the bar, and the tsars took •liultf of t'i v would it hare hvn, When the half- never Wore petticosts. 4 The testimony however was clear, cieling above, and e osst annicated t o t h e ronn t olet t n . z ia: 'kat court,was ;educed toil per cent. as so tho wain fett,vand•the jury, without leaving their trite, Craw whieb it was fond nedessery to move eolie t rounds or the incasore, the decrease pronounced a verdict suf-Arpilty. the pe,iperty. Setae'. of tM .fire-enetnes- sours -aipiarru; eduction dr the rate of disconntfriim PitestantENT.—At a Special Court iP Aionrany but the lire was got under by the exertions of the petipli-iY tate or'Estbecieer Bills, the aeoeisity, county, last week, fur the trial of certain eriiaria s, rtid the house at the time, although not without damage 'Patina id been under to keep their promise , Grand Jury preseired as a grievance the calling Vast sale been done to the haus • and farni!ure. • _ . \ 41- ? .db; }`