The Sun. — London, England, 1841-08-11 00:00:00

‘, , EVEN ING SUN. vaiu, anu sn a less pr0....;:,6 aiiLiciputeii. „li Indeed, th e w h ea t cro p i s v e ry- much injured, and with out an immediate improvement in the weather, the con sequences must be serious in the extreme. Whatever Comes, the crop will be a very short one, and we must have large importations. I look for a very low, if not a Is. duty in a few weeks, which will release about 800,000 quarters of wheat and flour. This will be immediately absorbed, for I never knew the country so bare of wheat. The farmers bare literally none, and the stocks in the Ports never were less." SPORTING, The contest for the silver sculls—a sort of floating Prize—took place yestGrday evening. These silver sculls are only retained by the winner one year, and he who holds them at the expiration of that time is obliged to resign the sculls or again take his chance of being victor. Mt. Jenkins, the last year's winner, contested it this with Mr. Chapman, who had before been victor. Mr. Jen kins won by half a minute, or more than three lengths a-head. The cricket match between the county of Hants and the Marylebone Club was played on the sth, 6th, and 7 th, at the Southampton Cricket-ground, and terminated in favour of the Hampshire men. COITAT-PASIIIONILBLES. Lord and Lady John Russell are expected in town today. from Minto House. The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby con template a continental tour in the autumn. The Duchess of Buccleuch has left Montague Rouse for Dalkeith Palace. Among other "fashionable departures," we find that of the boy Jones for Cork MISCELLANEOUS. Her Majesty has presented a donation of one hun. Bred pounds to the City of London General Pension Society. In the excavations making near Notting-hill for the erection of houses and the formation of a park, to be called " Victoria Park," an ancient tumulus has revealed itself. A stone coffin and two wooden sarcophagi, along with the remains of several human bodies, that crum bled on exposure to the air, have been discovered en crusted with lime. The Judges of the Home Circuit will be enter tained at Addington Park, by the Archbishop of Canter bury on Thursday. The late colliery explosion at Thorniey is believed to have been occasioned by the negligence of the boy Gardner, who perished, in leaving the trap-door open, which caused an accumulation of gas in the waste, that ignited by the candle of the boy. At a late meeting of .the Dublin Repeal Associa tion, Mr. O'Connell observed, " Conquest—conquest is the cry But let the Tories beware 1 They shall walk over the dead. bodies of Irishmen ere they shall subju gate the people, or destroy their liberties !" All the lawyers on the Welsh Circuit are starving. There has been little or nothing to do there in the way either of civil or criminal business ; and at the Denbigh. shire Assizes there was only one small case of rape, but " what is that amongst so many"—lawyers. Twelve convicts will be liberated this week from the Warrior convict-ship at Woolwich, under the extension of her Majesty's Royal prerogative, in commemoration of her Ma►jesty's visit to witness the Trafalgar launch. RUMMIES OP THE DAY. The letters in the Times signed " Conservator," proceed from Sir- Robert Peel, and are written at his suggeilion. Sir Robert and the Times are going to rat together. Mr. Backhouse means to resign his situation as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Tories propose to raise the postage of letters, With a view, in complete opposition to Lord Ashburton's ',aim, to raise a revenue by carrying them. It is reported that Sir George Cockburn goes to die Mediterranean, in command of the fleet in that sea. Rumour states that Mr. Peter Borthwick, M.P. (late of the Surrey Theatre), has publicly announced his determination to decline the office of First Lord of the Treasury, in the highly probable event of its being offered him. We understand that the Bishop of Exeter is busy Writing a.pamplet recommending the expediency of the Ties restoring to him his fat rectory of Stanhope, of whiclf the wicked Whip deprived him. On these con ditions he is willing to give Sir R. Peel's Ministry thi benefit of his disinterested support. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL CorroN MARKET, Auo. 10.—We have had a very quiet Cotton market to-day, the sales not amounting to more than 1,000 bales at the previous quo tations. The business has been confined entirely to the trade. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, AUG. 10.—The follow ing aro the transactions :—Grand Junction, Quarter Shares, 27 ; London and Birmingham, 160 ; Ditto New 'Shares, 24 ; London and Brighton, 43 ; London and South Western, 52 ; North Midland, 64k. ~MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 10.—But few 'transactions in Shares have been reported to-day, al though the present low prices of Railway Stock afford a saf e and eligible opportunity for capitalists to effect in vestments :—Midland Counties, 85 ; North Midland Thirds, 9i- ; North Union, 88 ; Manchester. Bolton, and Bury, 54 ; Grand Junction, 198. THE FUNDS. The British Market opened this morning flat and heavy awing to the change in the weather. At , a late hour yesterday afternoon a purchase was made of near one hundred thousand Consols, said to be by the Government broker, which caused the Market to recover from its previous flatness. Consols, which left off yesterday at, for Money, 89+ I, 9ened this morning at 89i 1 + ; for the Account 894- i ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 89,1 i ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 984 99 ; New Three - and - a -Half, 9 81 I. Exchequer Bills 14 16 ; Bank Stock, 168 169 ; India Stock, 247 249 • India Bonds, 6 9. In the Foreign Market things are in the same state as that of the British, heavy, with scarce anything doing as yet. Spanish Active lower ; left off 201 ' at present 19 1; Deferred, 9 4 10 ; Passive, 41 i ; Portuguese, 29 301 ; Three per Cents., 11 l ; Brazilian, 67 68 ; 1 Co ombian, 20+ ; Mexican, 25+ 26 ,• Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., rather better, 52+ ;Five per Cents., 1021. SHARES.—Great Western, 18 19 prem. ; New, 7+ 8 prem. ; London and Brighton, 74 + dis. ; Blackwell, 10 91 dis. ; Birmingham, 69 71 prem. ; Southampton, 51+ 52+ per share ; Croydon, 12+ 13 per share ; Green vtich, 7 8 per share ; Manchester and Birmingham, 20 18 discount. No arrivals, nor any news. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto New A Pitto I. ifths London and Brighton London and South Western 3Bl 52 ... .. to COURSE OF EXCHANGE—( YESTERDAY). Amsterdam CF.I2 6k Gibraltar ... ........ . 46 Ditto, at sight . 12 31 Leghorn .... ... 30 25 ,2 U .1g) 12 71Genos, 25 80 ,igl Rotterdam ... ~ .. Antwerp l2 6i l lllilan .... ..... Hamburgh M.B. 13 12i' Venice Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 45 i nilerino, per es 118 i ;It Ditto, 3 treTinths - 25 70 Lisbon Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 75 Rio Janeiro 27 Frankfort on Maine... 150% Bahia Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37% Buenos Ayres Berlin... 7 New York, 21 days sight 46% Vienna, effec. 11. 3M. 952 Philadelphia 46 • Trieste, ditto ' 956 PRICES or BULLIO N , PER 05. Madrid Cadiz Bilboa .. 36 New Doubloons OO 0 Barcelona ...... ; ........ 36 New Dollars... 0 4 10j Seville ............ 36 Silver in Bars 05 0% HALF-PAST ONE. Both the English aud Foreign Securities have receded since the opening of the market. The decline is chiefly attributed to the unsettled state of the weather, and the unfavourable accounts from t he manufactutlng districts. Consols are now quoted at 89i 1- for Money, and 89i for the Account ; Exchequer Bills have also receded to 14 premium ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 89,1 ; Three-and a-Half per Cent., 981 1 ; Bank Stock, 167 1. Spanish Active Stoc k is now quoted at 19i ; Danish Bonds, 79 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, 514 52 ; Five per Cents., 102. The Share Market is also very flat and heavy. Great I'Vestern, New, have receded to 56, and the Fifths to 81; London and Brighton are 43 ; South Western, 52. TWO O'CLOCK. Both Markets continue heavy. QUARTER TO THREE. The drooping stqte of the public Funds, added to the 'wariness displayed by our monied men in all their operations, show clearly enough the pass to which things are come ; and we may fairly observe, that what with bad trade, bad weather, and the prospect of a Ministry disinclined to do what alone can make up in some measure for either, all classes have reason to look twice before entering into frosh engagements. The discussions in the City upon :the question of commercial reform are becoming every day more frequent and earnest, and the views of intelligent and wealthy foreigners resident here, and engaged in business pursuits, generally concur in censuring the impolicy of our food regulations, as enabling them to compete with us in the race of cheap manu facturing. We may further add, that the shoe pinches so much with many of the merchants pro fessing Conservative politics, that they begin to look with anxiety to the adoption of some liberal measures which they before strenuously opposed, even by the new Ministry. • Consols, Money, 891 ; Account, 891 ; Colombian, 1919 i 11 20-k; Mexican, 25i 1; Portuguese, 29i 30; Spanish, . On Sunday last, the Hon. and Rev. Edward H. Grimston, late M.P. for the borough of St. Alban's, officiated for the first time as minister, at St. Michael's Church. The Rev. Gentleman, in the morning service, took for his text the 27th verse of the 13th chapter of Corinthians, and for the evening the 13th chapter of tic First Book of Kings. The lion. and Rev. Gentleman has liming at Greet Ibeny, uear Sudbury.—Ems Herald. RETTITA tinl=-( =DA Y.) CORN EXCHANGE. _ _ The arrivals of Grain since Monday have been small. The weather being again wet, higher :prices were demanded for Wheat, and afurther advance was realised of Is. to 2s. per quarter on English, and 2s. per quarter on Bonded Wheat. For other Grain wivanced terms were demanded, with little disposi tion to purchase. Flour as last reported. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. There has been a fair supply of meat at market since Satur day, the demand slack on account of the unsettled state of the tweather, butchers only buying small quantities, and our quo ations were barely maintained. Beef, 's. 4d. to 45.2 d. ,• Slut ton, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 4d. ' • Lamb, 4s. 6d. to 4s. 10d. and s s. ; Veal, 45. to ss. ; Poik, 4s. to ss. per stone of slb. Poultry was in large supply, thq demand dull, and prices as last quoted. Eggs dull of sale at former rates. COLONIAL MARKET. The market was rather quiet, but holders were firm, and in prices little variation took place. The imports were fair from most quarters ; the deliveries of goods, however, keep large from the wars homes, particularly for home consumptiot. TEA MARKET. The demand at the public sales was steady. and full rates were paid. Common Congou produced 2s. 74d. a 2s. 7d. cash, and Company's 2s. 7 1 4 d. cash. TALLOW MARKET. Prices were supported, and holders were firm. On the spot a fair business was transacted at 495. 6d. for P.Y.C., and for delivery in last three months 495. 9d. was paid. FRUIT MARKET. Currants in good request and command 566. to 60s. per cwt. For other kinds of Fruit the demand is on the increase. METAL MARKET. The market was dull and prices on the decline. Spelter, 321. 10s. to 331. per ton. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON Atro. 11.—Wind this day at noon S. to W. I DEAL, AUG. 10.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Tho mas Tyson, Wylie, from Pernambuco ; Diana, South Seas ; Rawlins, Herris, Jamaica ; Spheroid, St. Vin cent's ; Margaret, Black, . Quebec ; Newton, Cadiz ; Ocean, Malta, and supplied with an anchOr and chain. Arrived from the River and sailed the Quebec, for New York. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 10.--Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the Palestine, Hume. from Hobart Town, sailed April 13 ; Jane, Catnpeachy ; New Jersey, Adams, Charleston ; Hero of Licton, Pictou; Josephine and Saxe Gotha, Mi ramichi ; Milton, Montreal ; Sophia, Henry, Henry Duncan, Blake, Evergreen, Leander, Elizabeth, Charles, and Robert, Quebec ; William Nippon, —. Sailed the Bridget, Archibald, for Rio Grande ; Enchantress, Lima ; Queen Victoria, Bombay ; Spinster, Barbadoes; Susquehanah, Philadelphia •, England, New York ; Da mascus, Boston ; Malabar, Quebec ; Retrieve, Montreal. Arrived off the I)evereux, Quebec ; Lyra, —. PORTSMOUTH, Atm. 10.—Wind W. to S.S.W., squally. —Arrived the New Whim, Romney, from Baltimore. Sailed the Renshaw, for Malta, and put back to St. Helen's. Put back the Anonyma, for Bombay. POOLE, AUG. 11.—Arrived the Triumverate, from New foundland, sailed, 26th ult. DARTMOUTH, AUG s.—Sailed the Heroine, for Malaga. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 10.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Symmetry, from Miramichi ; Calcutta, London, for Hobart Town. Sailed the Emma, for Miramichi. FALMOUTH, AUG. 9.—Wind N.W. to W., fresh.— Arrived the Sir Henry Parnell, Crocket, from Trinidad, sailed 17th June ; Perseverance, Alexandria ; Royal Adelaide, Quebec. SALCOMBE, AUG. 9.—Sailed the Gazelle, for Quebec ; Agenoria, Oporto, SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 10.—Arrived the Ida, Robinson, from Miramichi. OFF Conic, AUG. I.—The William Shand, Rutland, from Sierra Leone, and sailed for the Clyde. Sailed the Mary, Nixon,. for Australia. SHIELDS, AUG. 7.—Arrived the Them* Thompson, from Dalhousie ; Rosina, M'Laren, Malta. GUERNSEY, AUG. B.—Sailed the Sir Thomas Mansell and Gipsy Queen for Alicant. PADSTOW, AUG. 7.—Sailed thee Clio for Quebec. BRISTOL, AUG. 10.—Arrived the Home, Muller, from Quebec ; St. Vincent, Cook, Jamaica, sailed June 21 ; the Neptune, Euphrosyne, and Lord Canterbury for Quebec ; the latter on shore on Round Point, but ex pected off without damage. NEWPORT, AUG. 10.—Arrived the Concord and Eco nomist for Quebec. Put back the Nonpareil for Cork, disrnasted. SWANSEA, AUG. 9.—Arrived the Mary Rowe and Voyager, from Quebec. MILFORD, AUG. 9.—Arrived the Cybele, from Quebec; Isabella, Thompson, Bathurst. NEWPORT, AUG. 10.—The Tug, Scott, hence to Adra, in turning- down the River got in contact with the Port land of Weymouth, the fluke of the Tug's anchor went through her bows, and they ran her on shore to prevent her sinking. The vessel is much strained, and must dis charge to go in dock. HARWICH, AUG. 10.—Sailed the Cosmopolitan, Malta. GUILDHALL.—(THIS DAY.) CRIME FROM DESTITUTION.—NO less than four indi viduals were brought before Mr. Alderman Kelly, who committed offences for the mere purpose of gaining the temporary shelter of a station-house, and the chance of a crust of bread. The first case was that of an able-bodied young man, who expressed his anxiety and willingness to work if he could procure it. He broke a street-lamp to be locked up, as he said he had not lain on a bed for a fortnight. He was sentenced to feurtoen days' imprisonment. A woman and her daughter were next charged with stealing two caps from a shop in Skinner -street, and said they did so, hoping it would cause them to be transported, as the workhouse officers would afford them no relief, and any lot would be preferable to starving and lying on door-steps in the midst of plenty. A fine looking old man, who said he had been on board a man of-war for twenty years, was next charged with breaking a lamp on 4now-hill. He said he begged to be allowed to lie down in the station-house, but was refitsed, as he had com mitted no crime . to entitle him to that privilege. Ho then broke the lamp, as his legs could scarcely any longer beer him up, not having Eaten any thing since Monday morn ing. He was sent to Bridewell for seven days. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.)• WOLVERHAMPTON RACES—TUESDAY. The Wolverhampton St. Leger Stakes of 25 sovs. each, with 50 added. Colts; Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. Mile and three quarters. 3 Subs. Col. Anson's The Duke of Wellington (Holmes) 1 Mr. Bristow's Sterne Mr. Jones' Portrait The Chillington Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, with 50 added. For two year old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 51b. Three quarters of a mile. 6 Subs. Mr. Bristow's Harraldstone (Hardy) 1 Mr. Buckley's David Mr. J. Wood's b f, by, Voltaire—Trinket 3 The Cleveland Cup of 100 sovs., by subscription of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added ; the second receives 20 sovs. Three miles. 17 subs. Mr. Johnitone's Charles XII., 5 yrs, 9st lib Mr. Collins's Isaac, aged, 9st 2 Mr. Hobson's Cainby, 4 yrs, Bst 71b Lord Warwick's MelOdrame, 6 yrs, 9st 51b, broke a leg. The Borough Members' Plate of 601. for three yrs old, 7st 51b ; four, Bst 71b ; five, 9st 21b ; six and aged, 9st 71b ; winners extra ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 250/. &c. Heats, twice round and a distance. Mr. Tyrer's Tubalcain, 5 yrs...(M. Jones) 0 0 1 1 Mr. Buckley's fby Laurel, 3 yrs 0 1 0 2 Mr. Saunders's Kitty Cockle, aged Lord Eglinton's Amulet, 4 yrs 2 0 2 dr Sister to Broadwath, Peter the Great, and La Gitana, also started for the first heat, but were not placed. 'Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, and 30 added, for horses not thorough-bred ; three yrs, Bst 71b ; four . yrs, 9st 81b ; five yrs, lOst 21b ; and aged, lOst 61b ; winners extra; mares, &c., allowed 31b. - Heats, once round. (4 subs.) Mr. Jones's Henley, 4 yrs (Jones) 1 1 Mr. Robinson's Finality, aged Mr. COvvley's Spangle, 6 yrs 3 dr HERTFORD RACES.—TUESDAT. The Hertfordshire Handicap of 15 sous. each, 10 ft., and 5 only if declared, with 50 added. Two miles and a dis. 17 Subs., of whom 12 declare. Mr. o.,baldeston's Currycomb, 4 yrs, Bst...(Conolly) 1 Stirling's Mr. The Pocket Viper, 3 yrs, sst 71b 2 Mr. Bootle's Benjamin, 4 yrs, Bst 3 Won cleverly. The Ware Plate of 501. for 3 yrs old, 7st 21b; 4 yrs, Bst 51b; 5 yrs, Bst 121 b; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 21b ; winners in 1841, 31bs extra ; twice 51bs extra ; mares, &c., allowed 31bs. Heats, two miles and a dis. The win- ner to be sold for 2501., &c. Mr. S. Smith"s Jtnny Jones, 5 yrs ...(Crickmere) 1 1 Mr. Booth's Colchicum, 5 yrs Mr. Sowerby's Phingore 3 yrs 3 dr Mr. Samuel's Luck's All, aged 4 dr First heat, a good race ; second heat, won cleverly. The King's Meads Stakes, of 5 sovs. each, and 30 added, 12st each, gents riders, twice round and a dis., were won in two heats by Mr. Smith's Consul, 6 yrs, beating two others. The Farmers' Plate was won by Mr. Nightingale's gr g Aggravator beating three others. GREAT CONTEST FOR THE SILVER SCULLS. The holder of this valuable prize, Mr. Jenkins, yes terday maintained his right to retain them in one of the hardest contests of the present season. There are two floating prizes to denote the amateur championship (with sculls) of the Thames—the Cambridge and the Wing field sculls. The former were given as the symbol of championship by Mr. Colquhoun ; the latter, of much longer standing, by the gentleman whose name they bear. Both are what are termed floating prizes, the winner of one y - ear retaining the honorary distinction until the suc ceeding season, when it is incumbent on him either to resign the sculls or again take his chance of being the victor ; but, in order that he should not be pressed by numbers, and that his superiority might in some mea sure be manifest, the conditions of the wager specify that all the challengers should contend on one day, and the winner amongst this party, with the then holder or possessor of the prize, on another. In 1839 Mr. Chap man received the sculls of Mr. Wood, many years well known as a leading member of the Leander Club ; and in the following year (last season) Mr. Jenkins defeated Mr. Crockford, Mr. Hernshaw, and Mr. Wallace, who all sought the enviable distinction of champion scul lers. Mr. Chapman wa.s, at that period, in ill health, and Mr. Jenkins, as a matter of course, ig on the former gentleman declining from the reason above ass ned, took undispute d p ossession of the bad g e of victory. He held them unti l y esterday, and, b y dint of first-rate stamina and game. holds them still. Mr. Chapman was resolved to regain that which he had by indisposition been forced to resign, and he went into training a week ago with that object. Mr. Jenkins trained too, but in a different way. It will be found, on reference to our list of the great Leander and Cambridge match, that he was one of the winning crew, and out daily in the boat practising for that match with an oar. Betting wall five to four in favour of Mr. Jenkins, and THE SUS, LONDON, WEDNESDIY, AUGUST 11, 1841. amongst the aquatic clubs a great deal of sporting interest was excited. At a quarter past six yester day evening Mr. Lewis took his station in the cutter as umpire, and immediately aft( rwards the two aspirants drew to Westminster-bridge, Air. Chapman taking the best position. The start was beautiful—they were away together and scull and scull by the new Houses of Par liament. Mr. Chapman here made a fine spurt (as the act of picking up a boat very quickly is termed) and drew the head of his boat a foot in advance of the other. Mr. Jenkins lay down well to his work, and was again level. On passing Lambeth Palace Mr. Jenkins showed a slight lead, and in rounding the point off tho Peniten tiary, both at first-rate speed, he increased his advantage slightly, dashing through Vauxhall-bridge a length and a half ahead. The severity of the match continued all the way up, and at Battersea-bridge Mr. Jenkins was three lengths ahead. lie continued to improve the ad vantage, although closely pressed by his opponent, and won by about half a minute. Both rowed beautifully. EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATION AT BLACKHEATH. This morning, between one and two o'clock, a most destructive fire broke out in the Grove, Blackheath, nearly opposite the Green Man, by which property of the most valuable description, to the amount of 20,000/., has been destroyed. One of the mansioni in the Grove, of immense size, is completely down, and the adjoining one greatly damaged. It appears that Captain Waller and his family have only been from the East Indies about five weeks, and had taken the above residence, furnished, the Captain bringing with him property to the amount of several thousands, the whole of which has been de stroyed. The fire is supposed to hare been caused by the negligence of a dress-maker:employed in the house. The house and furniture, belonging to Mrs. Dessen, is insured in the Phoenix, but none of Captain Waller's property is covered by any of the fire-offices. could say •• let me see that all the accounts of the Ban; are in a clear and settled state." Mr. ABRAHAM (with great energy)—That was me, Sir !—(Great confusion and cries of order.) Mr. ROY would ask Mr. Bebb whether, if this meeting were dissolved, they would not get into Chancery.-- (Cries of " Yes.") Mr. 13E1113—Perhaps it would be better so. Mr. ROY said it was the first time that he ever heard that it was a pleasant thing to go into Chancery. In a pecuniary point of view it would be against his in. terest to recommend them not to go into Chancery, but if they did go into Chancery, in ten years' time they would regret they had not taken his a lvice. But he would rather not give his advice on the subject ' • there was a gentleman amongst th e m s t an d. ing as high in the profession, and he would ask him it he did not agree with him. • Mr. ABRAHAM said it was only three weeks ago that Mr. Roy said " Do not stick to the deed." Mr. ROY—Stick to facts, Sir. Mr. ABRAHAM, who spoke in a very excited tone, insomuch that we were at times unable to catch his observations, said he would appeal to their own Com mittee, when lie (Mr. Roy) was in such a situation that he could not give in the accounts (as we understood), he (Mr.Abrahani) said, "you will not give me any informa tion ; it is better to. let us all go into the Gazette." lle then said, " let me explain." They knew (contineed Mr. Abraham) that the gentleman who was security for my cash payment could buy all the Directors together ; and forsooth be must come forward and try to put me down because I owed the Bank 5001.—(Great confusion.) I was not going to pay this money when I knew the state of the affairs of the Bank. And I ask you, Sir, whether it was honourable in you to hold the direction of this Bank, the Westminster Bank, the London and 'Westminster Bank and several others at the same time ? But, Gentlemen, lie said could do it conscientiously.— (A laugh.) I ask him whether the report was true that the Directors of the Mnrylebone Bank, and the London and Westminster Bank had Antered into a compact conspiracy, viz., that the London and West minster Bank had pledged themselves to come forward and to supply this Direction with sufficient funds to meet the public ?—(The rest of the sentence we were unable to hear.) Mr. Roy said all this was to be jus tified. I ,deny that Mr. Roy is our representative, al though he ought to be ; he is all on one side. Twelve months ago we were told that forty thousand pounds were paid up, and now they tell us we are bankrupts. —(Hear, hear.) I know it is not for our interest to dis solve the Bank forthwith, and I think there is sufficient grounds for the Proprietors putting A gentleman in the chair from amongst themselves. Mr. MACLEAN said lie was not anxious to screen any party—he was always fur conciliating as far as it could. He was sure lie was the last . person that would oppose his wish to that of the Proprietors, and he (lid assume, then, that nothing but the illegality of the proceeding would prevent him from acceding to their wishes. Be thought the Chairman should not be shackled with any pledge. The question was then put and lost. Mr. LEEKS said, having disposed of two of the Direc tors—(A laugh)—he would propose that Mr. Dow take the chair. Mr. Dow said he should decline. Mr. HANNAY here rose and said he had attended that meeting at great inconvenience to himself—(Oh, oh) — but there was nothing in the affairs of the Bank that he wished to conceal, but he should decline acting as Chair , man. Mr. ELKINS rose to urge the production of the ac counts, and to read some letters on the subject, but great confusion and interruption prevailed during the Hon. Gentleman's address, He said he wished to confine him self to one particular point (us we understood him), which was, that Mr. Hannay had done that which he had no right to do.—(Hear, hear.) He wished to know if he was not entitled to - seize him by the collar and take him before a Magistrate. The Directors once said, " Certainly, we wish you could get him."—(Laughter.) They then praised him (Mr. Elkins) for the straight forward manner in which he acted, and now they said dissolve the Bank, and then sue the parties afterwards.— (Laughter.) Mr. HANNAY would ask to what transaction the Hon. Gentleman alluded ? Mr. ELKINS replied—l speak the truth, and leave the consequences to the Almighty. I will tell what I know, and I don't care who knows it. Mr. HANNAY rose, but was unable to say a word from the confusion that prevailed. Mr. ELKINS—The statement was that you were not authorised by the Proprietors to do as you did. Mr. HANNAY again rose, but was unable to be heard. Mr. MACLEAN said that he was always ready to give every facility. There were the accounts, they might look at theca ; only let them ask that which was legal. Mr. ABRAHAM—It cannot be illegal when we all agree. Mr. DEEKS said they were called there that day to re ceive the statements of the accounts ; and secondly, to receive the resignation of Philip Hannay, and he wished to ask whether they should then go into these two ques tions or adjourn the meeting to another day. Mr. ROY said it had better be stated to what time they would adjourn. Mr. BEBB—For a month, because there must be 14 days' notice. Mr. BAMFYLDE wished to ask whether Mr. liannay's debt was secured ?—(G rent confusion here ensued, which continued for some time.) Mr. VIZZARD said there was one thing in which he fully concurred with the Proprietors, and that was that the Directors had grossly mismanaged that concern, as they could not have been in the state they were if the Bank had been managed as it ought to have been; so he admitted also that a Director had become a very large debtor to that concern, and the thing was not to b e de fended ; but he wanted to know how they, were to get out of that difficulty. Now instead of talking about get ting into Chancery, he thought they had best consider how to get out of their difficulties. Now if the adjourn ment is made, appoint a Committee to examine the books, and the Directors will give them every information, and at the end of 14 days make a report, which report shall be conclusive. Mr. MACLEAN said that Mr. Vizzard had taken the observations out of his mouth ; but if Mr. Quilter, the accountant, had made a just statement, he saw no reason why an adjournment should take place —(Great con fusion.) Mr. ELKINS said he should not advice an adjourn ment of the meeting. Mr. DEEKS then said that Mr. Maclean on being placed in the chair would pledge himself to adjourn the meeting when it was called for. Mr. ABRAHAM said he should propose Mr. Boute as Chairman. . This motion was put and carried, but Mr. Boute did not take the chair. . Mr. VIZZARD wished, that, if they moved an adjourn ment, that they would do it legally. If they wanted an adjournment, why not put a gentleman in the chair that could put it.legally. Mr. ABRAHAM said it was legal until it was decided il legal by the meeting of Directors. Mr. MACLEAN—I understand that you wish us to have an adjournment. Mr. ABRAHAM—And no dissolution. Mr. MACLEAN said that the Directors were willing that an adjournment should take place, and all they wanted was a Committee to look over the accounts. lie would say that the Directors were extremely anxious to have the accounts looked into ; but he would rather that they would choose another Chairman, as they had rejected him once. Mr. ABRAHAM—No, it was not you ; it was the Di rectors in general. Mr. MACLEAN said, if he took the chair he should consider himself bound to adjourn that meeting. But he hoped they would investigate the matter clearly, so that they might see what they had lost and what they might lose. If there was blame, let it fall on those who deserved it.—(Hear, hear.) He was a large proprietor himself, and of course he wished that the concern should be wound up as soon as possiblc.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. DEEKS then proposed that Mr. Maclean take the chair ; which, being seconded, was carried unanimously. Mr. MACLEAN said—Having been called to the chair, after a warm and not very satisfactory discussion, he should be most happy to receive any proposal from any Proprietor. Mr. ROY then called on the Secretary, to read the ad vertisement calling the meeting. Mr. Deem' suggested that the minutes of the last annual meeting should be read, which was done by the Secretary. The minutes having been read, he thought it no more than right to allude to the Committee which had been referred to therein. That Committee met Mr. Hannay on the occasion referred to in the minutes, for him to give full particulars of all the affairs o f th e ank ; but he did not do so. Mr. Hannay, however, subsequently showed to them that he was a man of property, and fitting to be a Director. Mr. Hannay had to meet them again, but he was prevented, as he had to meet a lady.—(Laughter.) He (Mr. Hannay) stated that the Bank was then in a most flourishing state, and that the next year they might be able to pay seven and a halt' per cent., and there was nothing to fear, as there were no losses. — (Oh, oh !) He (Mr. I)eeks) said, " I understand you have lost 3,0001." " Yes,' he said, "we have some thing of that sort, but then we have securities." Now, they had found out that these securies were all bankrupts. Mr. HANNAY said he did not think there was anything incorrect in what had just been stated ; but this Bank had no capital—(Oh, oh !)—and their object in getting Mr. Walker in, was to have a rich man in the concern. He (Mr. Hannay) applied to his brother-in-law, who had brought a great deal of property into the Bank, and other members of his family and private friends who had joined. The statement he intended to make to them he should put in writing, that each Proprietor might be in possession of it.—(Oh, oh !) Mr. ROY would ask whether Mr. Hannay would be Present at the next meeting. Mr. HANNAY—NO, I shall not, it is impossible that I can be longer away from my family.—(oh! ch!) Mr. ROY would say that Mr. Hannay had stated to him that business would call him away the day after to morrow,_ and therefore he (M r . R oy ) t h ought it better to tell the Proprietors what th e consequence of adjourn ment would be.—(Confusion,) Mr. MACLEAN—It is stated that 14 ,34 0 1. - 8 s 4(1. is the debt due from Mr. Hannay to the Bank. Mr. ABRAHAM would ask whether that a mount i ) was granted by the consent a n d aut h or i ty of th e'rectors ? Mr. HANNAY said h e wou ld make his statement.— —(No, no.) Mr:ABRAHAM said if it had not been by the autl'oity of the Directors, he wished to know whether M r . H anna y was in that situation th a t he could have taken it from the till ? Mr. MACLEAN said he knew no t what situation he stood in ; all h e k new was, tha t the Directors liscl found that he had ov erdrawn his account, but he w as secured to theth. But he had_ no con sen t f o r the d ebt. Mr. AnnAnant — Did you know of any loans to M r. Hannay in 1840 ? Mr. MAeLEAN—I know of none. Mr. ABRAHAM—Do you, Mr. *Riker ? EVE NING SUN • 711 n. ALKER:I7I77e• "*""1"4 T E Mr. ADRAIIAN— ITo explai n thi s quest i on , I -should I like the minutes back of the 12th of August, 1840 ; and I should wish to know whether these loans I speak of are a portion of this 14,0001 or not ? Mr.MAeLEAN—There is no entry relative to Mr.Han nay on that day. Mr. ABRAHAM—It is then extraordinary, as I hold in m) hand a very singular document.—(Mr. Abraham then read from a paper he held in his hand a list of shares placed in the name of Hannay for several thousand pounds.) This is a true document ? Mr. HANNAY—It is quite true. Mr. VIZZARD said he thought that this was a proof that he meant to give security for his debt. , Mr. ABRAIIAM—I would wish to know whether it has been by the consent of the Directors, and whether he has drawn this money, he being an officer of the Bank. Perhaps he is in a situation to show that it is for our benefit. Now, if this is the case, 1 have no hesitation in saying, that I think steps should be taken to prevent Mr. Hannay leaving this room, more particularly as his brother has declared that the security is not worth 3s. 6d. Mr. HANNAY—I deny that he ever said that. Mr. ADRAIIAM—There is Mr. Decks to whom it was said, and if that be true it is necessary that we should take some steps to secure ourselves and to secure Mr. Hannay. But I entertain the highest opinion of Mr. Hannay. When we had some bad characters connected with this establishment, Mr. Hannay was appointed on that occasion, and from his proceedings he appeared to be as honourable a man as ever I saw.—(Hear, hear.) Therefore, I hope that there is something that will qua lify his position. But if there is not a bona fide expla nation on his part, I think that, before we part this day, some steps should be taken to secure him.—(Hear, hear.) That is the reason why I ask of the Directors whether they know that he took this money, and that they gave him leave to do it, and took no security. If not, it is quite clear he had no right to have taken it, — just as well might Ihave taken it. Ido hope something will transpire to prove that Mr. Hannay has not done this. It will be for the Directors first to an. swer. I shall ask the Chairman whether he was aware of it ? Mr. MACLEAN—I am not aware of it; but when I afterwards mentioned the amount to him, he was sur prised at it.—(oh, oh.) Mr. ABRAHAM—Mr, Walker. Mr. WALKER—I never knew that he was in debt to the Bank. I have never sanctioned a loan in any way. ABRAITAM-Sir Francis Knowles. Sir F. lisowLEs, Bart.—No. Mr. ABRAHAM—Then it would appear clearly from this that every one of you gentlemen never in any way sanctioned the drawing of the money. What I, there fore beg to move, subjeet-to the explanation Mr. Hannay may give, is that Mr. Roy do instanter take such steps as will prevent Mr.Hanany leaving this house, unless the meeting be satisfied with his explanation. Mr. lIANSAY-I am not come here to vindicate the circumstance of my account being overdrawn, but I hope I shall show such a statement as will prove to you that you will not lose one shilling by me.—(Consider able confusion here ensued, and we were unable to catch part of Mr. Ilannay's address.) It is a very serious affair to me. I can assure you it is my intention to pay all my debts. My account in 1839 was overdrawn 121. 6s. I n . 1840 it was 8,000/., and in 1841, 12,0001., and the reason of the great rise in the amount was because my shares were purchased to give a better colour to the Bank, and passed to my private account, although they were for other parties. These shares were to be sold out again, if the demand for shares increased. A conversation then ensued as the amount paid for the shares, and whether they were all paid with the 4,0001., which brought the account of Mr. Hannay up to 16,0001. Mr. HANNAY continued to say that he hoped that from the sale of his estates, the Bank would rather gain than lose by him. He then proceeded to state that several of his friends had invested money to a consider able amount in the Bank at his suggestion, and that he had done all in his power to support the Bank. Every check he had drawn could be referred to, and they would see that they arose from no extravagance whatever. He hoped they would consider that he was en g aged to work a capital of 30,0001., and he found 6,000 L, and during the periikt he had been there no fewer than three of the Directors had become insolvent, and no fewer than 90 of the customers. He regretted ex - ceedingly that his account was so large, and it would give him the greatest pleasure to discharge it A conversation then ensued as to several items in the account of Mr. Hannay. A discussion also arose as to parties who had been sued at the instance of the Bank solicitor. After a conversationt-elative to sale by auction of the premises, Mr. Quilter was called upon to state the amount of the assets and liabilities of the Bank, and he stated that the liabilities amounted to 30,000/., twenty five of which was to the London and Westminster Bank, the other five small amounts. The assets were 17,0001, ; but that, if all the calls and debts were paid, there would remain three or four thousand pounds to be divided amongst the shareholders. The doubtful debts were 23,000/. _ _ Mr. DEExs then moved that this meeting do adjourn to the first week in September, and that a Coin mittee, consisting of Messrs. Abraham, Doeks, Jackson, and Parnall, be appointed to investigate the affairs of the Bank and to make their report at the next meeting. Thanks were then proposed to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. ' INTEFCESTB K TRADE. Farmers, who reside near large towns. are sufficiently alive to the importance of manufacturing prosperity. They know that every additional -factory gives new im new hand e m pl oyed adds so many petus to the demand f or t h e i r field and dairy produce., and that every shil lings to the amount of money turned iu the weekly market. All this is obvious, and all this is admitted even by the greatest sticklers for the Corn -laws. But there is another advantage, less obvious, but more direct, which the farmer derives from brisk trado--a decrease of the competition of his own btisiness. This we have alluded to before, but it has not been dwelt on, either here or in any other agricultural district, so much as it deserves. The farmer, like the cotton spinner, is a capitalist. He sets out with a certain amount of money and skill, and he looks, about him for the best investment he can find. If there be plenty of- farms in the market and few persons look ing after them, he will be able to make a good bargain, and sit down at such a rent as will leave him a due reward for his skill and labour, and a fair profit for his capital. But if there be few farms in the market, and a great number of " bidders" for them, the chances are that he will get such a " down-sitting" as will force him to scrape his last farthing together, at term time, to make up his rent. Now, what are the circumstances in which farms are plenty and tenants comparatively scarce ? A prosperous state of manufactures. Walter Dawson, Hillhead, had a lottg lease of his farm at a very moderate rent. Ile had lived comfortably, and in his latter years rather genteelly, but his lease was nearly out ; and although he could not expect to last long, and had saved as much as would serve his own turn, and, perhaps, a little more. he had four sons grown or growing up, and ho wished, of course, that they shculd be pro vided for. Hillhead, even at an advanced rent, would do for one of them, but what was to be made of the other three ? They could not get farms with out bidding against their neighbours, and taking possession at a rent too high ; and they were unwilling, of course, to descend to the station of farm-labourers. Emigration was put in their view, but they did not wish to separate so far from their old parents. Fortunately, it tw was a time of bri s k tra d e , and, by a little good mane , ment, old Walt er got t h e t h ree provided for in manage= neighbouring town. One obtained a situation as second clerk in a new factory, another opened a large meal store, and the third went i nto company with a baker and grain -merchant. The whole three succeeded in business, and Hillhead was left to the eldest son, aho resides there with his wife and his mother (the old man being dead, and has the happiness of meeting his bro thers and their wives at the new-year and other holiday times. . This is. one picture ; let us turn to another. John Grassly occupies a farm in Aberdeenshire on a nine teen years' lease ; but as he had worked out the tail of a long lease before, he is generally understood to be well to do in the world. He has only three sons, but as they followed close on each other, they grew up into manhood at nearly the same time. All of them had assisted occasionally about the farm town, and were, to some extent, acquainted with the principles and practice of agriculture. The second had been for some time in a lawyer's office in Aberdeen, but he soon overstocked, that th e p ro f ess i on was ovetocked, and wisely abandoned it. An attempt was made to procure a cadet ship in the East India Company's service for the third, but it failed; and thus, about four years ago, old John found himself, with three sons on his hand, and none of them provided for. He tried Aberdeen for clerkships, partnerships, or feasible openings, in any line of business, but none were to be got; trade was dull, and there was not even employment for the youths belonging to the town who wished to wear good coats. John had a little spare money and some bank shares, so he set next about at tending " farm lettin gs ." Af ter muc h diffi cu l ty, an d add ing 20/. or 30/. a-year to the rents of at leasthalf-a-dozen of his neighbours, he succeeded in procuring, two years ago, a lease of two hundred acres, on which he has settled his eldest son. He overbade, by thirty pounds, the former occupant, who, being unable to find a place t o su it hi m , h as sold offhis stock, and gone with his family to Australia. The farm which young Grassly has got, is said to be high rented ; and it is doubted whether, even with the assistance of his father, he will be able to set out his lease. For a year after the settlement of the first son, old John, naturally anxious to have his children near him„,cast about for farms for the other two, but he was uns uccess f u l ; so , after adding cons iderably to the rent of many a poor fellow, he has been forced, at last, to give the two lads a sort of outfit, and send them abroad. The names in these stories are, of course, fictitious ; but few of our country readers will find difficulty in applying them to circumstances that have come within their own know ledge ; nor will they fail to draw the moral, that farmers have a clear and direct interest in promoting any mea sure that will add to the prosperity of manufactures and commerce. The agricultural population increases in nearly an equal ratio with the manufacturing. Farmers will marry and have sons ; their sons must be provided for, and un less they are drawn off by the large towns, or by emigra tion, they remain in tie country only to add to the ex isting over-competition for farms. This might be all well, if the number of farms went on increasing with the increase of applicants for them ; but while the peo ple of this country have grown from twelve to twenty four millions, the farms have rather decreased in num ber. Great Britain has not grown an inch larger ; and, although some spots here and there have been brought into cultivation, there has been no demand for more farmers. The new land has, in general, been added to old holdings, and the policy of landlords—their desire to make the most of their property—has led to the junc tion of farms rather than to their splitting 'up. . What, then, are our farmers to do ? The baneful Corn-laws have closed up every avenue to employ ment for their sons and daughters in large towns,and the effect of competition on themselv e s, arising chiefly from this cause, has so raised their re nts, that they cannot save money to keep th e i r families in genteel idleness. Will they go on—nay, can they go on, rearing a population for Australia and the Arne ( rictus, and spending all their spare money in outfits ? Or will they join their fellow capitalists, the manufacturers, in demanding a change in our commercial policy, which will provide employment at home, and profitable em ployment too, for all classes of the community ? Of this they may rest assured, even for a short time, to live comfortably they must either get rid of the restrictions on commerce, or apply restrictions elsewhere. ' There is now for the people of this country no medium between free trade and the stern application, either voluntary or involuntarily, of the Malthusian checks on population. Indeed, starvation and poverty have been at work already. It is hard to say how far moral restraint may yet have come into operation ; but the late census of the large towns shows that the cruel necessity of keeping down the number of mouths to the amount of breed, has nut newly arisen.—Aberdeen Herald. PROVINCIAL MEDICAL AND SURGICAL ASSOCIATION. (From Berrow's Worcester Journal.) This large and influential Association held its ninth anniversary on Wednesday and Thursday last at York. The Council held their preparatory meeting on the pre vious day (Tuesday), when the preliminaries as to the general business were arranged. The first general meeting was held on Wednesday at one o'clock at the Theatre of the Museum. Deputations attended from the following bodies :—The British Medical Association, re presented by Dr. Webster,'Dr. Marshall hall, Dr. Rowe, Mr. Farr, Mr. Bottomley of Croydon, Mr. Davidson of London, and Mr. Crisp of Walworth. From the North of England Association, Dr. Brown of Sunderland and Dr. Charlton o f Newcastle. From the Irish Association, od fromworthys Dr. Mauns e ll an d P ro f essor Willi ams. Dr. JEFFREYS, of Liverpool, having been introduc ed by the profes s i on to an astr i ngent vegeta bl e (Ma tiro), jai prteouCthhaAirmmearnie,a, and commonly the attention of the its powers as a stypt i c were grea t ; it had also been men tioned by F renc h an d ot h er authors, and appea red to ije sommini °erfl'isYli;lll7;.' that co un t ry b y t h e name of ~ i ' n have been applicable to a variety of diseases ; it was used both exte rna lly an d internally ; as an infusion, like tea, half an ounce of the vegetable s hould be p ut t o a p int of water. Dr. Jeffreys then presented a quautitr of packages containing specimens of the rpeeics, and ob served that he should be ha ppy to give them for :the use h reon. their experiments t he reon. Dr. Hon• Secretar • then read of any members, who should report to him the result of Dr. liAsTmos, the 3 , th e highly- flourishing, now numbered —The Association, Report of the C o uncil,. which contained thesg A statements e hundred and fifty members. Its ninth volume of TranSaCtiOnS t we-v • " had illustrated the medical topography 44 o f Shrewsbury ; and the finances of the Institution le f t a balance of 582/. in hand. Due attention had been paid towards pushing the cause of parochial me di ' cal relief, by petitions to the House of Commons ; also for the suppression of empircism; while conferences had been keld, and measures taken to promote medical reform to the best of their power. The dinner of the Association was held at the Guild hall, when upwards of 100 gentlemen attended. CONVOCATION AT EXETER.--At a Diocesan Convocation holden at the Chapter-house of the Cathe dral on the 6th of August, the Rev. Prebendary Den nis, in a learned and eloquent address, brought before the Clergy the present state of our ecclesiastical system, pointing out the innovations and perversions by which it has. been so lamentably deranged ; the duties of the Canons as assistants of the Bishop in the examination of candidates for orders, an office now delegated to an exa mining Chaplain ; the appointment of Bishops by the Sorerergn—an innovation utterly at variance with the principle and practice of the Church of Christ for the first 1,500 years at least of her existence ; the heavy blow inflicted on the Church by the cutting off ten of her Irish Bishoprics ; the tyranny exerted over the Church by the silencing her voice in convocation ; the ignorance of. ecclesiastical law, even in the Ecclesiastical Courts ; the Ecclesiastical Commission, and the recommendation of the suppression of the primitive Bishopric of Sodor and Man, which, however, the combined exertions of the Church and the memory of Bishop Wilson pre:. vented. These, and many other topics, the ♦ery Learned Prebend dwelt on with much elo9uence. - Piebendary Dennis has embodied the main points of his address in a petition. RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN STOCKPORT. --We understand that a Tory firm of manufacturers of this borough, in a spirit of revenge excited by their ir retrievable defeat at the late election, are discharging from their works every individual, however excellent a hand or exemplary a character, of the Catholic persuasion. —Stockport Chronicle. At this time there are building on the banks of the river Wear, Sunderland, 94 ships, and.3s more re cently bunched, lying in the riv er , fi tt i ng out and for sale, making a totnl of 129, many of them of large ton nage.--Durham Chronicle. ,0 UGH !JAIN 1 AR A special meeting of the Proprietors of this Bank was held last night, at the Bank, in IVigmore-street, for the purpose of examining into the affairs of the Bank, and to receive the resignation of Mr. Hannay, the Managing Director. On the suggestion that a Chairman be proposed, • Mr. ABRAHAM rose and said he thought the names of the Shareholders slimed be called over, stating those parties who had not paid up all the calls on their shares, as he should object to any party voting that had not done so. Mr. BEBB, the solicitor to the Proprietors, referred to a section of the Act of Settlement, which provided that no person should vote who had not paid up all the calls on his or her shares. Mr. ROY, solicitor to the Directors, said he thought it would he detrimental to the interest of many of the Share holders if the list were gone over for that purpose, espe, cially as it would get into the public press.—(Cries of " Oh, oh.") He thought that according to the deed of settlement, a thousand shares should be paid up to constitute a legal meeting. After a short discussion the question was agreed to be waived. Mr. Roy then asked Mr. Bebb whether he would agree that the Chairman be chosen from the Board of Directors? Mr. BEBB, on referring to the Deed of Settlement, said, that the Chairman must be chosen from the Board of Directors, but a question would arise as to whether he was qualified as a general director. Mr. ROY — Certainly. Mr. BOSSON then proposed that Donald Maclean, Esq., MY., should take the Chair, which was seconded by Mr. Vizzard. Mr. BEBB objected to Mr. Vizzard seconding the mo tion, as he appeared as proxy for another party. Mr. WALIcEn then seconded the motion, which was put and lost. Mr. ABRAHAM said he should certainly oppose a Di rector taking the chair. Mr. BEBB thought that however unpleasant it might be, the only mode, according to the Deed of Settlement, was to propose e ac h Director seriatim, rejecting each of them. But he thought the best way would be for the Directors to withdraw, and then they might, agreeing with the reading of the deed, proceed to elect a Proprietor as Chairman. Mr. ROY said he would submit it to the opinion of Mr. Vizzard. Mr. BEBB said he should be most happy to submit to Mr. Vizzard the reading of the clause in the deed. Mr. VizzAnu said it was not possible to look at the clause and not see that it was not calculated to meet the difficulties of this question, as a Director could not be elected but by a majority of the Proprietors. Mr. ROY said the deed distinctly stated that a Direc tor should be chosen chairman.—(No, no.) It did ; it confined the election to the Directors alone. Mr. VIZZARD said it was much to be lamented that the gentlemen present would not elect a Director and avoid this useless altercation. Mr. ABRAIIA3I said the objection was raised solely on account of the observation Mr. Roy had made as to its being injurious to the Directors to make the names of those parties public who had not paid their calls. Mr. ROY said he was called on to act when the _Bank was in difficulties, and be must say that blame attached to parties at head-quarters. He found matters that would require a great deal of investigation, and 'be thought the first thing to be done was to call a meeting of the SharehOlders. A very respectable individual was called in, an accountant, to examine the accounts, and matters were thoroughly investigated by him. There were ninny things that it would be injurious to make public at a meetinr , of this description. It was to the interest of the Shareholders to get rid of difficulties, and not to throw them in the way ; and he thought the best way of consulting the interest of all parties, would be to ap point a chairman at once, and then have the Bank dissolved. Mr. ABRAHAM said that if the Deed of Settlement had been printed sooner, it would have prevented the dilemma in which they were at present. Mr. VIzzARD asked if there would be any objection to Mr. Walker taking the Chair ? Mr. ABRAHAM said it was very plain that there were two interests in that establishment, although there should be only one one for the Directors, and one for the Proprietors and that was the rea son they (the Proprietors) voted against any Di rector taking the chair. There were matters of late which had come to the notice of the Shareholders that proved this. There was evidently a wish on the part of the Directors to conceal something' A great power was vested in the chairman, and therefore they thought it more expedient that one of their own body should be chosen.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BEBB begged to state that there was not the slightest feeling of objection against any gentleman of the Direction personally. The feeling was that there was a conflict of interests. Mr. MACLEAN begged to say on the part of the Di rectors, that the interest of the Directors was inseparable from that of the Proprietors. Mr. ABRAHAM said great doubt existed as to the ex pediency of dissolving this Bank at present ; and if a Director was voted into the chair, he would dissolve it that day. That was the only real and substantial objec tion to a Director taking the chair, as there was a power vested in the Chairman which they would rather not give to a Director. ➢lr. HANNAY said, he could have no objection to any person being in the chair, if that was a legally constituted meeting. _ Mr. ABRAHAM - would assert that this was a legal meeting, and he thought the Directors ought to with draw, and let them choose a Chairman. Mr. HANNAY—If the Directors withdraw, you would not have a thousand shares in the room, and consequently itwould great not o fu . c bel 1; eeting.—(Loud cries of " P rove it," and Mr. 1 -toy said he thought the Directors were bound to be present ; and, as far as they were concerned, he felt confident that there was nothing but what might be proclaimed at Cheapside. Any gentleman could pro pose whom he liked, but he thought the best way would be to propose the Directors seriatim, until they had a majority for one. Mr. BEBB said, that, with the desire of getting through the business of the day, and not because the Proprietors felt bound by the deed to give way, they would accede to this proposal. Mr. DEEKS said before he consented to a Director taking the chair, the Director should pledge himself that if a majority of the proprietors present should wish an adjournment he will accede to it. Mr. nor would suggest that the parties were met there that day to put an end to their liabilities in this concern, and what better mode could there be than of dissolving the Bank? and therefore he would say let them get through the dissolution as soon as possible. There fore asking the Chairman to pledge himself to such a course as that just proposed was without utility. First of all he did not think it was legal for a Chairman to pledge himself on going into the Chair, and next he thought it was not right. Mr. ABRAHAM —The power is in the Chairman's hands either to dissolve the assembly or not as he pleases. Mr. BEBB said he would submit that the accounts should be • produced,• and that the Proprietors should have the opportunity of investigating them, and that they could not legally dissolve until such an investigation had taken place. _ _ _ Mr. Roi said he had not said one won that the ac counts should not be gone into. Mr. ABRAHAM said, if an investigation were gone into, there could be no doubt as to the, Chairman. But it had been stated that one-fourth of the capital was lost, and it was in the power of the Chairman to dissolve the Bank. Now, the Proprietors were not to submit to a dissolution until these accounts were cleared up. Mr. VizzAnn said, before the Chairman could dissolve the Company, he must ascertain whether the existing fund had been exhausted. Mr. ABRAHAM said if this were understood, there could be no difficulty ; the Directors might come for ward with their accounts, and the Company could be dis solved forthwith. Mr. RoY said, if the Chairman dissolved that assem bly illegally, he took on himself great responsibility. Mr. ABRAHAM—We do not want him to take any re sponsibility. Mr. ROY said that if any Proprietor could show a point why this Bank should be continued, all the Mree tors would agree with him. But the expenses were in creasing and going on. Many parties were holding back their payments till the dissolution took place, and in fact they were increasing their responsibilities and expenses by continuing the Bank beyond that day. Mr. BEBB said that Mr. Roy seemed to assume that the gentlemen present thought this was true. It might be, but they wanted to go over the accounts themselves.— (Hear.) He did :not intend to dispute the argument as to the responsibility, but what they wanted was an oppor tunity to judge for themselves. Mr. ROY said they would have plenty of opportunity to look into them after the dissolution.—(No, no, and confusion.) Mr. BEBB said the moment the partnership was dis solved, the weakest part i es would go to the wall ; and h e g ( ti li rd ea t r o . expression into.—(Hear.) A r. Rthe would say that no dissolution should take plac e till an investigation had begged be to n of the weakest going to to the wall, nothing of the sort was intended by the Directors. The only object w as , that the increasing expenses of the Bank should be p re - lo v e vented. Mr. Dims thought that dissolving this Bank now was contrary to law and equity, and he said this, as he was aware that the Directors knew, three or four months ago, what was the state of the Bank. His poor unfortu nate client, who was a Shareholder, had directed him (Mr. Elkins) to take a managing Director by the collar. Mr. HANNAY—That was because you thought I should not come back:L-(Lond laughter.) Mr. ELKINS would say that this meeting, as at present convened, had the power to elect a Chairman. Mr. DEEKs thought the best way would be to go through the Directors, and reject them all, and then to nominate a Proprietor. Mr. ABRAHAM would make a few observations before the question was put. He could not, after what Mr. Roy had stated, consent to Mr. Walker taking the chir, he being a Director, and it was solely on the ground of his being a Director that he objected to him. He was satis fied that there was something on the part of the Direc tors which they wished to conceal—(Cheers)—and by giving a Director the power of being Chairman, they were cutting their own throats. Therefore, he hoped they would all oppose the election of Mr. Walker, not personally, but on the ground of his being a Director, for, as a Director, he was one of the men to be screened. ___.(H ea r, hear.) Mr. RoY said, on the contrary, Mr. Quilter was re quested to screen no one, but to take the small accounts first. And he (Mr. Roy) would say that, talking about [ the interest of the Shareholders of this Bank, that there was a gentleman in that room who refused to pay his that not at a time when lie h on est debt to thatßank, and ?Ai TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. was much struck with the force and truth of some observations contained in an article of your journal of last Thursday, headed, " What's to be done ?" in which, I think, are summed up in a few compendious and unanswerable arguments the leading causes of the recent triumph of Toryism at the elections. The answer to the question, " How happens it that parties have been so evenly balanced as to cause Chartism, intimidation, and bribery to turn the scale ?" is well worthy of repetition, and should be deeply impressed upon the minds of all classes of Reformers:—" Now the problem so hotly de bated may be solved by looking at the state of society in this country. There is enormous wealth, and most ab ject poverty; a privileged aristocracy, and an aristocracy of the purse ; the latter striving to obtain the counten ance of the former. by aiding it in the establishment of an oligarchical despotism. Descending from them through the various grades of squirearcy, gentry, professions, re tired tradesmen, we find them all moved by the same de sire of getting into the circle just above them—and for this content to sacrifice their independence of mind, their liberties, their consciences. Voluntary slaves themselves, - they hate to see independence claimed and exercised by, those below them. With such ramifications the oligarchy could not fail to exercise an overwhelming influence over the dependent, which can only be counteracted when the popular mind is sufficiently excited to set at defiance both promises and threats." Yes,• Sir, it is to this miser able feeling—the base compound of a petty ambi tion and pettier avarice, that we are indebted or the disgraceful apathy of the middling classes at the registry, and upon all the important poli tical questions of the day. To it we may trace their want of a generous confidence in a Reform Ministry, or a deep faith in the leading principles of civil and reli gious freedom—hence their readiness to sacrifice their future permanent strength, freedom and happiness, 'to the sensual gratifications, and the personal conveni encies of the moment. Hence the mad outbreaks of chartism—the fever of Owenism—the intense ignor ance, poverty, and misery of the operative classes. Above all may we not look to this spurious ambition of the glitter and trappings of aristocracy, and the soul-absorbing pursuit of wealth, as s means of ac quiring them, to this slavish idolatry of rank and fashion, without intelligence or virtue, as the natural parents of that estrangement at the present moment of de lower from the Middle classes—one of the master evils of our present social position, the stumbling block and barrier between us and all political reformation ; and which must be cleared away before the nation can again start fresh and fair on her career of freedom. The middle classes have been made the ladder upon which the Tory party are again quietly mounting into political ascendancy • " Whereunto the climber upwards turns his face, But when he once attains the upmost round He then unto the ladder turns his back ; Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend." When they have been used they will be spurned. They will then be treated, by those whom they have hoisted into power, as they deserve—as unreflecting instruments, and mindless tools. But " time and skill will couch the blind." A few years and bitter experience will convince them, that their true. place, their most glorious position, is at the van of the working classes. There are two giant rivers in the Western world, which, when forced by the hand of Nature into a common channel, meet with the fury of combatants, and may be traced by the traveller for many a league flowing on in streams distinct in colour and dis united in tide, until, tamed and mellowed by distance, their waters gradually commingle, and at last roll on in one vast stream, deep, powerful, and united. The mid dling and operative classes of England resemble at this moment those rivers, and free trade is the common channel into which they have been gradually forced by Nature and Nature's God. If the comparison, be a cor rect one, we may confidently look forward at no distant day to the complete union of thoge two great classes, constituting the great bulk of the nation—the heart and muscles of its frame ; and now forced into an unnatural and vicious opposition, partly by their own wilful neglect, folly, and ignorance, and partly by the false reasoning, the grinding avarice, the scheming ambition, threats, and bribery of a gang of commercial monopolists and landed proprietors. To hasten this union should be the leading object of every true Reformer. The plan so often and powerfully advocated by your excellent journal of spread ing through every town and village of the land Reform and Registration Societies, appears to me the surest and simplest method of achieving this all-important point. The creation, the triumphant progress, and daily increasing importance of the Anti- Corn-law League, should encourage us in the attempt ; it is in miniature what a national league might be upon a scale as extensive .as the greatness of the cause, the dignity of the nation, and the certainty of success should demand. A central society of this nature, with provin cial branches, delegates, talented lecturers, with periodi cal meetings, and general conventions, vigilantly watch ing over the registration of votes, and affording practical 'political information to all requiring it, might, by the ex ertion of a few talented, courageous, and persevering minds, form an engine of popular power formidable enough to batter down those fortifications within which the food taxing oligarchy has been sheltered, and shake to its very centre the citadel of Toryism. It will encounter and break up that spirit-crushing centralization system now rampant in every village of England—a system of centralization to which we have too long and patiently crouched, and too constantly beheld in active operation easily to admit its extent, to credit its danger, or to be startled by its tyranny. I will intrude no longer upon your valuable space, but I hope to prove to positive de monstration in another letter the existence in this land of liberty of a complicated, comprehensive, and powerful plan of tyranny which may be traced from the house of hereditary legislators .to the parish clerk and the vestry-room, its machinery worked by Tory lords lieutenant, Tory parsons, Tory magistrates, Tory squires, backed by a Tory army, • navy, yeo manry, and the great bulk of the learned professions —a compendious scheme 'of oppression, which cramps and withers the mental and physical powers of our rural and town population—which Louis Philippe, the genius, the evil principle of centralization itself, might admire and envy, even behind the fortifications of Paris, and the bristling bayonets of his guards; a system which might appear almost hopeless to endeavour to uproot, but for the liberty of the press and the courage of our national character. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant. Aug. 2, 1841. CIVIS. STRANGE SUICIDE. , • 1' • ..r4P,4e4NA,„: r.. r • • ~ r P Yesterday an inquest was held before Mr. Baker, at the Crown, John-street, Spitalfields, on the body of Emma Butfoy, aged 18, who poisoned herself with ar senic, under circumstances not clearly to be accounted for. The deceased was the daughter of the landlord of the Weavers' Arms, Brown-lane, Spitalfields. On Sun day evening last, after a hard day's work, she sent the pot-boy for a pennyworth of arsenic, telling him she wanted it to destroy vermin. The lad brought the arsenic and gave it to her in the kitchen, and told her how Mr. Morton, the chemist from whom he had boughtit, said she was to use it. She received it, and sent him to her mo ther for half a pint of beer, giving him the money to pay for it. Her father was in the kitchen at the time, but he was near-sighted and deaf. .4fe then absented himself. from the kitchen for about twenty minutes, and he believed that in the mean time the deceased mixed the poison with the beer and drank it. A female friend and the aunt of the deceased came in shortly after she had taken the poison, when she simply complained of sickness, and they administered to her ipecacuana and castor oil. When the house was shut up, at twelve o'clock, the mother went to bed without going to see after her daughter, who, between three and four o'clock next morning, came and knocked at her bed room door, saying that she was very ill. The mother took her into her bed, and, seeing that sho got worse, sent for a doctor, but before he arrived the poor girl had expired. Mr. Birch, the doctor, was of opinion that de ceased had died from having taken arsenic, and it ap peared she was pregnant. It was stated that deceased had been attached to a widower, named Savage, who was very fond of her, but that she had broken off her connection with him, and fell in love with a married man named Kay. Though these circumstances might have affected her mind, it was very clearly proved that ever since a fall she had met with five years ago, her head was aftected. The Coroner said, that the probability was that the injury formerly done to deceased's h ea d had produced, under all the circumstances, delirium, during which she had destroyed herself. The Jury eventually came to that conclusion, and returned a verdict of " Tem porary insanity." EXTRAORDINARY BIRTH.—On Monday a party, who had been to spend the day at -court, were on their return from that place, H ev a e m ni p n t g on in a pleasure van, when on arriving ne ar t own , one o f them, a married woman, named Robins, residing in Chapel-street, Long-lane, Bermondsey, was suddenly taken in labour, and be f ore she could be remove d from the van was delivered of a fine boy. Assistance was rendered her, and after a delay of an hour or two, she was .in the van to her own res idence. The mother conveyed d niutd are doing well. con an vedy STRAND THEATRE. After The Frolics of the Fairies, which still continues to draw crowded houses at this theatre, we had last even ing a dramatic version of Burnaby Budge, from the pen of Mr. E. Stirling. Protesting, as we feel bound to do, as the principle of dramatising a.romance before it is completed, and in opposition to the wishes of its author, we must yet do Mr. Stirling the justice to admit that he has performed his part most skilfully, preserving all the situations, and giving us the greater part of the dialogue of the original. Mrs. Keeley was, of course, the Barnahr ; and a more natural and judicious piece of acting we never witnessed. The beautiful pathos, the trusting filial love, the wild imaginings, the yearnings after a something happier and better than this world, the idiot laugh of triumph—all were given with a truth and earnestness that thrilled to the heart, and the effect of all these was immensely intensified by the calm repose which Mrs. Keeley threw into the part. Her Barnaby Budge is indeed a high triumph of art. May pole Hugh found an excellent representative in Mr. H. Hall. In the scene with old Chester, in which he drinks " to the drink," he was particularly effective, The Strand has already introduced three first-rate comic actors to a London audience, Mr. Strickland, Mr. W. J. Hammond, and Mr. H. HalL We may now add a fourth to the list—Mr. Corrie. His old John Willet is one of the most unctuous bits of fat fun we have ever laughed at. Walk, dress, look, gesture, he is the very identical John Willet, of Boz. His words seem as if they came slowly bubbling up from the bottom of a cauldron of melted tallow. Miss Terry made a very excellent and- espiegle Dolly Varden, and looked most enchantingly pretty ; while Attwood made qUite as excellent a Simon Tappertit, and looked most comi cally ugly. The getting up of the piece is beyond all praise. The tableaux are exact, and the last scene, the conflagration of the city of London during Lord George Gordon's riots, is a most superb effort, and perfectly astonishing, when we consider the smallness of the stage. The piece was decidedly successly, and will, no doubt carry the management through in triumph to the close of the season. SLEEPY JURORS.—CORONERS' COURTS.— In the course of an inquest held yesterday before Mr. Wakley, a juror, addressing the Coroner, asked if the witness (a female) then under examination might not be allowed to sit down. Mr. Wakley replied that it might seem ungallant to refuse such a request on behalf of a female, but except to those in a certain way, he deemed it a very bad plan for witnesses to be sitting while giv ing their evidence; for they might perchance fall asleep, while standing kept them awake. He did not know whether the Jurymen themselves, for the very same cause, should not be required to stand, for he often met.with jurymen, who seemed marvellously inclined to take a nap. He recollected, on one occasion, a very bulky gentleman, who weighed about 25 stone, who was summoned as a juryman, and who, after being sworn and seated, said to the person next him, " I'm sure I shall go to slecp,—so take this (giving him ayinl and when you see me going off; prick me with it.' He presently after dosed off ; but the person who held the pin, not knowing his t em p er , re f ra i ne d f rom using it, and let him slumber till he was aroused by the beadle,when he became quite enraged at not having ben " pricked" by the gentleman he had appointe d I him, and was with difficulty pacified. At ani Harrow some months since, the beadle was obliged dur ing the inquiry to be continually handing i nquest at snuff to the Jury to enliven them; and at a more recent inquest lie held in Marylebone, after viewing the body, and before any witnesses had b een examined, the fo reman went home, and on the beadle been sent for him, he actually found him in bed and fast asleep. To prevent, theretbre the witnesses f a lli ng i nto such a lethargic state, be had , adopted the plan pursued in all other Courts, namely, to make them give their • testimony standing. IRELAND.-- At a meeting of the county of Carlow Magistrates, held on Monday last, Mr. H. H. ~rna t the present Cooper in the chair, it was resolved— 1 to state of the county requires an immediate in creas e t the police force of the ti county of Carlow, —Tha t hat his applica tion be made to the Lord Lieutenant, requesting t Excellencytwenty five be pleased to order that at least . may constabulary of this men be forthwith added to the county." NORTH NORTHUMBERLAND lately sent by Lord ELECTION. — The following is a copy of a letter ted for his Lordship at Ilowick to each elector whohnvici July e 3l, 1841. Sir — the late election : " Whit fer the Northern• Division of Although the late contestted in my defeat, I have not Northumberland termina t ful for the cordial and gene the less reason to be gr have received from my friends, to roux support which . n ow anxious to express my deep each of whom I am kindness. The circumstances under which sense of their e for the present succeeded, fully jus tify me in ente rtai ning my opponents hav a firm belief that, the real opinion of the great body of the electors is not unfit vourable either to - . the political opinions which I hat e public conduct during the time I Professed, or tomy - f si ttingin the House of Commons as had the honour -o ; Under • this persuasion I look for wardtheir representative. Ishall be a ble to renew t 1.43 to the time when struggle, as I trust with a more favourable result, when I hope I sha ll again receive from you the same support with which you have now honoured me, a n d for which I beg leave to return you my most sincere and heartfelt thanks.—l have the honour to remain, your very obe dient and obliged servant, HOWICK." The bakers in the city and suburbs have this day raised the price of bread. The four pound fine loaf ii now selling at 10d. ; household ditto, 9d.—Glasgow Herald.—[lt was again raised ill London at the latter i end of last week.) ...•••••• IS jp on s it in- ours, Ivi es to pre n el' tho art lf tnted ;o in the ister• , n of