The Sun. — London, England, 1841-01-15 00:00:00

MORN NG EDI 1 lON . Blanchester and Birmingham Company had an agreement to travel over the Grand Junction Line. Some said it was a good thing, and some that it was a very bad thing. Be that as it might, this Extension Company had granted the use of its line to the said Grand Junction Company at a higher rate by thirty per cent.—(Hear.)—Mr. RAwSON was very glad of it. That was one of the- things he wanted to hear. He stood there a little in awe of the Directors; but not a man present was in better tempei with the Directors than himself. He would trust them with untold gold, but he never liked to trust to the judg silent of others when he could form one for himself. He bei'evcd that he should assent to the new line, if the Com 2 pany were dissolved; but yet he thought it but fair to let all the Shareholders have fair play ; and if this Company were dissolved to-day, those parties who did not wish to go on, would not be so well dealt by.—Mr. TOOTAL said, Gen tlemen were aware that Parliament met on the 26th of this month, and that the petition for this Act must be presented within a fortnight after the meeting of Parliament ; ond, if this were not done, all the previous outlay, time, and labour, would be worth nothing, and would go for - nothing. The Company was now in a fit state to apply to Parliament in all respects. The preliminary proceed. ings had been taken with the utmost possible care that eaten could give to them, and with a due regard to ceono tr. ; and he felt satisfied that should Parliament inquire it to the preparations for this application for an Act, the facts would be very astisfaetory to those out of whose pockets the expenses carne.—The CHAIRMAN asked if there was any Gib( r question which any gentleman present wished to ask of Mr. Tootal.—Mr. WRATISLANY thought he ued , rstood the position of the Shareholders by this alteration to be this — that according to the line that went by Stone, we had the Manchester traffic brought upon our line. In the varied lire, in addition to that we have the prospect r f all the Liverpool. North Wales, and Irish traffic.—Mr. TOOTAL Distinctly SO.—Mr. BRIGHT : And yet you lose a great many arguments that you had when You went to Parliament I.st time —Mr. NEwBERY : I beg your pardon; but is it desirable that we should put argu ments in our enemies' mouths? — Mr. BRIGHT: But these are so palpable that even a child might perceive them. — Mr. NEWBERY : Then it i 3 surely not worth while to occupy the time of this meeting with them. If it only rested with the Shareholders, it would be different, but we shall cover pass Parliament, if we thus give every advantage to our oppo nents as to any weak point we may have. I think this is the common-sense view of the case.—Mr. RAWSON : Well, whether we are wrong or not, they certainly are in the wrong.— A SHAREHOLDER said he did not see why the meeting could not have some statement of the accounts and the funds of the Company.—Mr. WHEELER: The accounts are to be audited before they can be laid before the Shareholders; and at present the Directors are the sole creditors of the Company, having found all the money hitherto required. There is a resolution for the appoint. ment of auditors to be passed by this meeting. [Mr. Wheeler read it.) So that in fact the state of the ac counts is required to be ascertained by auditors to be ap pointed by this meeting.—Mr. BRIGHT : Is it not of sorae consequence, that any person who votes for the dissolution of this Company, without intending to become a Shareholder in the new concern, should know how much the balance would be that will come to his share?—Mr. TOOTAL : The probable ' oalance will be somewhere about 31. I don't apprehend there will be less than 31. ; but of course, is an affair of this sort, it could not he brought into view all at once ; for I may mention that the last preparation for Parliament was only made on the sth of this moreh.— Mr, WRATISLAW : Then I understand that the deposit was made to go to Parliament for the former line, and the pre sent line, being six miles shorter, would not require so much capital by 110,000/ ; and, therefore, there is money enough to complete the line.—Mr. TOOTAL : The varied line is six miles shorter ; but some portion of the w- rks from Stafford to Rugeley world be more expensive.—Mr. WeaTisnaw: I only want to understand it,—whether the last estimate is sufficient to complete the line.—The CHAIRMAN and Mr. TOOTAL : --Oh, certainly : quite suf fieient,—The resolution for the reception of the Report was then pat from the chair, and passed nem. dis. 'Mr. G. R. CHAPPELL then moved the second resolution, 'declaring the Company dissolved (which, with the other resolutions, will be found in our advertising columns). He said, I do not move this from choice, or from my own dis position to dissolve the Company, but from the necessity which exists at the present moment; that every Share holder may have his choice, either of retiring from the un dertaking, or continuing to be a Shareholder in it. I have given you my opinion as an individual before; and, if a Company be establishA from this or any other meeting, to carry on the concern, I shall feel happy to become a Shareholder in any new Company. It would grieve me exceedingly, that an undertaking like this, designed to bonefit Mtnehe,ter, and belonging to Manchester espe cially, should be given up, because of the opposition of other Companies, who arc not taking the right or the best way to oppose it. The pecuniary proposition made twelve moaths ago only provoked our contempt. If that Com pany (the London and Birmingham) bad wisely considered their interest, they would hate offered a sum that might have been an inducement to the postponement of this undertaking for three or four years to come. But they hive now sent a letter which betrays itself to ba of so thoughtless, imbecile, and childish a character, that we ;must he pretty idiots to regard it. They say they don't mean to make us the pecuniary offer they riam:e twelve months ago. Why, we never asked them.—The CHAIR MAN : That letter should be read. —Mr. CHAPPELL Yes, certainly ; I beg that it may be read.—The CHAIRMAN : This is a letter I received on Saturday last, addressed to me, by favour of Mr. T. Cooke, and accompanied with a request that it might be read to the nieetittg : London and Birmingham Railway, Euston Station, 7th Jan. 1841. My Dear Sir,—ln consequence of observations which have reached me, leading to the inference, that, in the event of the re-constitution of the Extension Company, the Subscribers to that prejec ed undertaking might expect a renewal of the pecuniary offer made last year to that body by the London and Birminglynn and Midland Counties Companies, will you allow sue to take the opportunit:, through the medium of our mu fled friend, Mr. Cooke, of removing any such impression, by stating most explicitly, that no such intention exists on the pat of those Companies? I will not take up your time and attention by recapitulsting the reasons which, under the instructions of the Proprietors, have determined the Directors of the London and Birmingham Company in continuing to give their most strenuous opposition to the Extension Line. At the same time, let me assure you, and the Directors of the Manchester and Crewe Line, of the earnest desire of the Board to place at your disposal every fa cility at the stations, both in London and Birmingham, for c irrying on the traffic of Manchester upon a footing entirely independent of any other business, and to renew the offer oi entering into any arrangements for the working of the line, which may be deemed conducive to the convenience and ad vantageous to the trade of that town.—Believe me to remain, my clear Sir, yours very favourably, GEO., CARR GLYN. nomas Ashton, Esq. &c., &c. Mr. Cuereree. said, that gentlemen might charge their memory with the statements made by the London and Bir mingham Company twelve months back, and the .reasons taey assigned why it would be ruinous to this Company to pursue the undertaking. 'They then argued,. that a con. tinuance in the undertaking would be ruinous to us all ; and then they said :—" We will give you 20,000/. to drop it." What could be more ridiculous than to offer us 20 000/. to drop a concern that they beliceed would be ruinous to a rival Company ? Thep here comes a letter— there not having been the slightest insinuation, as he be lieved, tlest any renewal cf the off. r was expected—just as if some overtures had been made by us to them, to settle this business before going to Parliament Why, really, it is children's play. W are not intending to take any such offer, if it were male. If it pleased the Shareholders to re-elect the Directors, he for one (though he had no disposition to increase his business) would serve the Cempany faithfully and gratuitously ; or, if they thought fit to reject him, be would willingly retire, but con tinuo to be a Shareholder.--Mr. Alderman BROOKS seconded the resolution, and said, that, from the opposi tion manifested, and the quarter Weenie:from, he was satis fied that this was a very good line, particularly looking to the papers and publications circulated against it, and to the fact that Mr. Ashworth, the agent for two other lines, WAS active against it. As to the letter from the London and Birmingham Company, it looked as if they wanted to make a bargain with us ; and as we did not move, they did.—(Hear.) They thought it was their turn to move, and so down came this letter ; but from the proceedings of this meeting they would find that we were not to be tickled in that way.—Mr. 11. NEWIIERY said that another letter had been lately sent from Mr. Burke, the Parlia mentary agent to the London and Birmingham Railway Company, which he should have liked to read to the meeting, but could not without Mr. Burke's permission, and that not having been obtained, the Shareholders were not in full possession of the case; but he did hope that the London and Birmingham Company would see it just to themselves and us to publish that letter which 4r. Burke had addressed to the Manchester and Bir mingham Company.—Mr. ESKRIGOR said it would appear, if this Company were now dissolved, that merely the balance now in hand, after paying all expenses, would be divided amongst the shareholders pro rata per share. But the new Company would derive ail the benefit of the expenditure hitherto made. which was already large; and they would go to Parliament upon a much better looting of advantage than those who dissented, left the concern, and lost their money. Was it proposed that the new Company should give to the old Company any part of the money expended, say I/. or 2/. per share, over and above what appeared to be their due ?—Mr. NEWRERT : Certainly not.—Mr. JAMES BURT : It appears to me a most extraordinary thing to suppose, that a Corn piny about to be formed to carry on an undertaking should give a bonus to those who refuse to join it.—Mr. EsK RIGOR said, that all the money that the retiring Share holders would lose had been expended in surveying, snaking plans and estimates, and in contesting the line ; for a great deal of opposition had been bougat off by the money of the old Shar eholders. —(Several DIRECTORS : s. No, no. ")._Nell, the opposition had been overcome at any rate, and the money had been spent in overcoming it. _The CHAIRMAN : But the Company being dissolved does not deprive the holder of any shares of his option. Ile has a choice in it, either to go out or to join tho new Company. It' he can make anything of his shar es , he can either bold them or sell thena_Mr. Ese nreoe : But wII not the new Company derive great advantage from toe money already expended ?—Mr. TOOTAL : Let me state distinctly and explicitly, that no money has been paid for any such purpose as buying off opposition -- ilr. Esti:merle : Very prob:tb!y, money has not been pail ; but some of our opponents have Lad money's worth.—Mr. TOOTAL : Certainly not.—Mr. Alderman Beooas : Perhaps we have agreed to give something, but nothing has been given.—Mr. Tocerea : No ; nor pro mised. —Mr. T. OLLITANT : The question is whether the 'new Company aro going to give the old Company any thing for those advantages which they will derive from the money already expended.—Mr. Toterea Certainly not. The meeting must be quite aware, that every step that has been taken by the Directors has been taken not only with the sanction, but, it may be said, by the orders of the Shareholders. They have expressed their wishes; the Directors have only been the instruments, the tools by which the thrig was worked. Every step, from first to I last, has been taken with the knowledge, consent, and sanction of the Shareholders.—Mr. ERRRIGGE : I don't i - snake anynomplaint as to the expenditure of the monep— Mr. TOOTAL : So cautious were your Directors, that neither verbally nor in print did they say one word to influence a single Shareholder, with respect to the offer of the London and Birmingham Company. This is shown by the Report of the proceedings of the meeting at whieh that offer was laid before the Shareholders.—Mr. Tootal then read the following extract from the Report of pro ceedings at a meeting of the Company held on the 3d February, 1840 : " The Chairman said, that, with respect to the offer of the London and Birmingham Railway Company, perhaps-the most convenient mode of bringing it fully before the meeting, would be for some Shareholder to move the adoption or rejection of the offer. Rawson, Esq., wished to know whether there would be anything objectionable in the Directors g ivin g the meeting a more full reason for their not going to Parliament this Session. Of course he did not require any further ex planation, unless the Directors felt that there would be no im propriety in giving it.—The Chairman said, he thought that all the facts material to be known at that meeting were em bodied in the Report.—Joseph Birley, Esq., said he would beg to move, that the offer of the London and Birmingham Com pany be declined, and that would perhaps raise a discussion on the subject.—The motion having been seconded, Mr. Rawson repeated his question. He had a good opinion of the line, and he should like the application to Parliament to be prosecuted with all possible despatch. But no doubt the Directors had good reason for advising delay; He should at all events like to know whether the Directors were of opinion that the offer of the London and Birmingham Company should be rejected ; because, otherwise, the Shareholders would be acting in the Clark as to the sentiments of the Directors.—Mr. J. Birley begged to ask whether it occurred to any one present to move the acceptance of the offer.—( Hear.) The Chairman, after a pause, said, that having been called upon on behalf of the Direc tors, he begged to state, that they had, without the slightest hesitation, come to the unanimous resolution that the offer ought to be declined.—( Loud cheers. )" So that, until the word was wrung from the Directors, not an opinion did they express, so desirous were they that the Shareholders should decide, from the opportunities which they had for judging (as much as others bad) as to the course to be pursued. And from first to last the Directors had carefully abstained from leading the Shareholders ; leaving them to decide according to their own judgment. In accordance with the resolutions of the meeting of Shareholders in February last, the Directors had earried out all the necessary preparations for Parliament, by the order of the Shareholders, and of course at their expense ; yet now one or two gentlemen complained of the hardship to parties wishing to retire from the Company, and receiv ing their rateable proportion of the moneys left. Pray, would it not be very hard on those who remained, if one third or one.half the Shareholders left ? The other half would be a useless body ; in a position something like the Leeds and the Liverpool Railway Companies, with refe ference to their junction line, The two Companies went for a mile each ; each without the other was comparatively valueless; but the two acting together would make probably an extremely desirable and valuable arrange. ment. If such a proposition were to go out, the Com pany and the undertaking would die a natural death, and, after paying a bonus to the retiring Shareholders, the hardship would be on those who wished to go on, who got no bonus, and lost all their money. They had all embarked together, and he hoped most of them would remain together. He certainly held a considerable num ber of shares in this undertaking ; he had done from the first, and should do to the last; and his object now was, to show the hardship to be rather on those who wish to go on, if a considerable number of Shareholders went out; for, by so doing, they would annihilate the undertaking, and leave the remaining Shareholders with a quantity of blank paper totally useless ; whereas, if they went on with it to gether, they would make the preparations already com pleted of considerable value and importance.—Mr. E3x hIGOE said he was not one of those who wished to re tire from the Company, but rather to go on ; but he thought that, in justice to those who went out, some thing should be paid to them. The Shareholders had paid for all the estimates, the expenses of going to Peale liament, and depositing the plans, &c. Those who re mained would derive all the benefit, and he thought in fairness they should give a part to those who retired.—Mr. Alderman BROOKS : But suppose we arc upset in Parlia ment again, how would it be then ?—Mr. BRIGHT asked if the law-clerk had not read that the Company should not have power to go to Parliament again, if 3/. 103. per share should have been expended, without calling the Proprietors together to decide the question they were now met to decide. If, on winding up the accounts, only 50s. per share were left, then the Company were bound in honour to pay all those who retired the 31. 10.., which that dupe guaranteed should not be spent before that step was taken.—Mr. WHEELER, having again read the clause (given above), said, that any 20 " Subscribers to the undertaking" might have taken this step long since if they had thought fit ; but they did not drink fit, and it was not incumbent on the Directors to do so if they did not. The Directors might have proceeded, without ask ing any further sanction from the Proprietors ; but they had come here to. day, and devised this mode of enabling those Proprietors who were dissatisfied to withdraw from the Company. If it were not for this object, the Directors might have called upon the Shareholders to execute an un dertaking for the coining Session ; and, if they had refused to do this, their interest would have been forfeitable by the Directors. The Directors had ample powers with respect to the variation of the line; the powers usually given.--'lr. Waarrseaw dissented from the opinion of Mr. Bright. If any gentleman wished to retire, he did not see that ho could i fairly ask for any bonus, because everything that had , taken place was with the sanction and by the di rec ti on of the Shareholders.—Mr BRIGHT : But you dissolve 1 the Company by a majority.—Mr. WRATISLAW : And a 1 majority in every case must bind.—Mr. BRIGHT: We lare a Railway C om p an y i n t hi s room ; an d j ust i mag i ne , for a moment that there is another Railway Company on the other side of the wall, going to take up the line if we dissolve. If it is decided by a majority to dissolve, I see no propriety in withholding from those who retire a portion of the money that has been expended, in order to make a ' present of the advantage to a new Company. It is not any interest of mine ; I shall not get a farthing either way, nor any one connected with me. Still I think it but fair to give at least half of what has been paid up to those parties who dissent.—Mr. Alderman 13ttooas: Do you mean that we should pay them money out of funds that do not exist ? We have fought one battle, and got beaten ; we are going to fight another, and are we to give a bonus of 31. 10s. i per share to those that dare not join us ? It is perfectly 1 optional to any Shareholder to stay or go ; anti he can not complain if he has his choice. Besides if, as Mr. Bright says, there is one Company here, and another Company on the other side the wall, any Shareholder . .may say—" I'll get this bonus of 31. los. and gO out • but I'll go the day after, and buy shares in the market at less price."—Mr. CHAPPELL : Will Mr. Bright look at it in this point of view ? Suppose a number of gentlemen in tend to retire, but that Mr. Bright and many others bold to the New CoMpany, how would he like to give part of his money as a bonus to those who might be induced by this very sum to retire? It is buying a man's retirement when he has a choice either to remain or go out ; and so long as every Shareholder has a choice, there is no injustice done. Suppose we pay a bonus to retiring Shareholders, and we go to Parliament and get thrown on our backs again, who is there to pay us a bonus? If any gentleman is of opinion that it is better for him to retire than remain, he has his choice to go out; I have mine to remain ; and I hope gentlemen generally will remain, that we may perse , vere unanimously. Mr. FARNWORTH : Are we not wasting our time ? We have paid our money on certain . terms ; and, unless there is a clause in the deed directing that parties may pay their money unequally, I for one should think it exceedingly unjust to pay anything beyond their equal share of the funds in hand to those who go out, and my objection alone would be sufficient to prevent the Directors having the power to do it.—Mr. BRIGHT said a majority could sell their right to a new Company.—Mr. WHEELER said a majority could bind the Company within the two deeds, and no further and no otherwise, and it was clearly not lawful for any majority, however great, even supposing there were only one dissentient in the Company, to bind the Company to anything beyond the scope of the deeds; and he apprehended, therefore, that any such pay ment would be illegal, as it would be for the London and Birmingham and Midland Counties Companies to have paid this Company the 20,0001. they offered last year—a payment which, if it had been made, might have been fol lowed in the hands of the parties receiving it, supposing it to be dissented from by any one Shareholder in either of those' Companies.—A SHAREHOLDER said that in breaking up a Company which held considerable pro perty, it was the duty of the Directors to sell it, as it belonged to this Company, and the new Company ought to pay for it.—Mr. WHEELER said, as to the property in surveys, plans, &e., it,was quite competent to any body, if the Extension Line were abandoned, to form a new Corns pany, and take advantage of the plans which this Company had deposited. Those plans, &c. were notices to the public ; and any portion of the public would have a right, within the purposes of the Standing Orders of the House of Commons to use those plans and notices if they thought fit. Therefore, in fact, the Shareholders had nothing to they arc all published, .ra_itni.udivia,rn.ybibyteAdgv,y,osimonugay sell.—[A. Suan enonoza t 0 yes, the estimates.] Why, cost i o u f tu e p u a t p u e r r y d ti have a s e v n el I t t e a hn d es ma i r d o f ol m r t tt h hh e e e, a p n r i d n t e p r r a i law-clerk as to its being illegal; at least he was sure that it came within th e scope o f equ i ty, togive to dissentient Shareholders a portion of th e moneyalread go to We as a Company d e t erm i ne to form a new on (for he believed h e s h ou ld go on) ; give dissenti en t s an y t hi ng beyond their proporti on o f t h e funds in hand, h e was certa i n the Lord Chancellor would and ii wey one, expended. and refused set any such decision aside. The Directors oug ht to stand as arbitrators between th e assent i ent and disse ntie nt 1 Shareholders, and say wh a t i s d ue to those who go ou t; and, if they did so, he was satisfi e d th at some money, be yond what was due in law, would come to the parties go ing out. —Mr. BURT thought gentlemen were wasting a vast deal of time. The Company came to a resolution last year, that certain steps and measures should be adop ted ; and it was understood that every Shareholder should pay his fair proportion to the expenses. That proportion had been paid ; but it appeared to him quite ridiculous be cause some now chose to say, " We will not go on with the new concern," that they have any claim to have a por tion of what had been expended returned to them. Those who decided to go on might justly say to them, 4 , All the money that has been expended has been by your own authority and desire; we will give sou a fair share of what is left, if you choose to retire ; and if you choose to remain, you will participate in any advantages that may arise from the undertaking." Really, there is neither equity, honour, or justice in the demand of persons who have once given their assent to proceeding with the under taking. They have no right to complain of hardship.— Mr. Rawson said, he had only ccme home on Saturday night• and he should like to hive time to see a few docu• survey, they , ments.—Mr. GEORGE SMITH, of Hume, said, that when the old Manchester and Leeds Company bad made a , for 1,8001.--[Mr. WHEELER said they could not do it disposed of their property to a new Company IDirectors.] -11e had i le g all y , except , under special authority reserved to the had no doubt iv prepared an amendment, which he would find a seccnder in Mr. Rawson; he had not spoken to any one to support it, and he would move,—" That the Directors be and are hereby em powered to open communications with the London and Birmingham, and other Comp an i es whose interests will be affected by this railway, with a view to its abandon ment ; and, as soon as proposals have beau received, witli' ' a view to enable the Directors to ascertain what opinions the Shareholders may entertain, a meeting shall be con vened to take the same into consideration." He (Mr.- was a proprietor of 200 shares in this under taking, which which cost him, with interest, 1,1001. ; and he was quite aware, notwithstanding the letter from the London and Birmingham Company, that an arrangement might be made by which the Shareholders of this Company might receive from them 31. 103. per share.—[The CHAIRMAN —No ; they say they will give us nothing.] He had no interest in anyadverse line, and had no Railway property, except in the two lines emanating from that office (the Extension and the Manchester and Birmingham Lines).-- Mr. RAWSON said, if be were to second the amendment, it would be with a little addition, Those who intended to go on with the undertaking would not be acting in a straightforward way if they did not give a little time to make inquiry. He really felt quite uncomfortable about another concern he was in, and would not name. He need not reiterate the expression of the high estima tion in which he held the Directors as upright men ; but he should like to know a little more before lie agreed to a dissolution, and he did not feel prepared to join the new Company till he bad had time to inquire. lie would propose to add to the amendment, that a Com mittee should be appointed to inquire and report to a meet ing of the Shareholders in two or three days.—A SHARE HOLDER : Is there time for any delay.?—The CHAIRMAN: Certainly not.—Mr. Rawsme : Then I withdraw (S em seconding the amendment—The CHAIRMAN : Will any one second the amendment ; we must dispose of it.—A SHAREHOLDER (we think Mr. R. C. Sharp): It appears to me, that the Proprietor has forgotten the letter written by Mr. Glyn.—Mr. WRATISLAW : At any rate he has for gotten the resolution we came to twelve months ago.— Mr. G. SMITH :INo ; but we are in a different position now to what we were dim—Mr. E. Towns' : We are in exactly the same position.—The CHAIRMAN said, there being no seconder to the amendment, it fell to the ground. He was about to put the original motion of Mr. Chappell, for the dissolution of the Company, when Mr. OLLt. VAST asked if it would not be as well if the sub stance of the resolution were put into two separate resolutions—the first being that the old Company should be dissolved ; and the second should go to the point of forming a new Company.—Mr. WHEELER: It is not intended to form a new Company at this meeting at all.-- Mr. OLLIVANT repeated it would be more regular to have a resolution simply declaring the Company dissolved, and then another expressing the opinion of the meeting as to a new Company being formed.—Mr. WHEELER said if the resolution were simply a declaration that the Company was dissolved, then the proceedings of this meeting would appear to have no reference to a variation in this line; it would be, in fact, a defunct concern. But now, upon the face of the resolution, the object is stated to be to form a new Company. We could not legally form a new Company at this meeting; therefore we merely say it is intended to do so, and as that is intended, Iwe re solve that the present Company be dissolved.—Mr. Ow yawl. thought the notice convening this meeting stated it was for the purpose of dissolving this Company and form ing a new one.—Mr. WHEELER read the advertisement (given above), and said, that of course the advertisement was worded as widely as possible, because the Directors did not know what course this meeting would like to take. If the meeting had taken a particular turn, it would have become illegal, and then it would have been necessary to adjourn for 21 days, and call another 'meeting.—Dr. LYON asked if the new Company would have any diffi culty ;in commencincs the undertaking where the old Company left off, in Parliament or elsewhere.—Mr. WHEELER : None, Sir.—A SHAREIDADER : Will the new Company have as available the valuable arrangement made with the Grand Junction Company ?—Mr. WHEELER: Most certainly.—Mr. BRIGHT : Was this step determined upon at the, last meeting ?.—Mr. WHEELER : Certainly ; and I have the report here which shows it.—The CHAIR MAN then put the motion for the dissolution of the Corn. pany, which passed with three dissentients.—The CHAIR MAN declared that to be the number; and Mr. RAwsoN said, " Oh, there's many more."—Mr. CHAPPELL:, Then count them. Another show of hands were taken. and there were found to be first four, and subsequently fire dis. scntients, whose names were taken down by Mr. Wheeler, as follows:—Mr. George Smith, Mr. William Rawson, Mr. Pierpoint, Mr. Shepherd, and the IZes. R. Durn. ford, Rector of Middleton.—( Immediately afterwards, it was intimated that Mr. Shepherd wished to withdraw his dissent; leaving four dissehticnts.) Mr. LEO SCHUSTER moved the third resolution (for which see the Advertisement) appointing Mr. 11 , g gins and Mr. Henry Chadwick auditors of the accounts.—Mr. WHEELER said that the object of this resolution wr,s, that a resolution having been now come to, by which the Com pany is dissolved, of course unless the powers of the Pro visional Directors were continued for the purpcse of wind ing up the affairs of the Company, they would be from this moment functi officio, and unable to wind up its affairs.— Mr. JOSHUA P. WisruEsto had no objection to second the motion. He supposed both those gentlemen were large Shareholders. Mr. TOOTAI.,' Certainly, they are con siderable Shareholders.—Mr. BRIGHT: Should there be some time fixed when the Shareholders shall be called to gether to rec Ave their balances ?—Mr. TOOTAL : A circu lar will be sent to each Shareholder, with the Report of the Auditors, as early as possible.—Mr. BRIGHT : What means will you take to collect the dissentients?—Mr. TooraL : A circular will be sent to each Shareholder, with a request that be will communicate to the Directors what his dcsi:e or intention is. If to take shares in the new Company, he will apply for them; if to retire, he will say so. A blank form for each decision will be sent, to be filled up. It is very desirable for the interests of the Company, that both those who retire, and those who go on, should give their answers as early as possible.—Mr. WRATISLAW thought it very desirable the Shareholders should hold together as much as possible, in order that they might again be en titled to that feeling in Parliament, which was before mani fes,ed in their favour. The House of Commous had passed a resolution, stating, that the Company was exceedingly ill treated the last time ; and he thought on this account it was important that as many Shareholders as possible should enter the new Company.—Mr. OLLIVANT : Of course, in going to Parliament a second time, the Share holders will have to sign a new decd. [Mr. TOOTAL : Of course.] And I think it was then stated, that the probable amount deposited might be very likely 31. 10s. per share. In going to Parliament again, we should have to say that we had paid ten per cent, upon our deposits. Of course, then, there wouli be 41. 10s. more to pay per share before we could go, to Parlia ment. It was always desirable that these things should meet with candid explanation, and that there should be no misunderstanding. Ho did not ask this in any hostility, but in consequence of a circular-which he had received. [Mr. NEWBERY—From one of our opponents, no doubt.] Very likely. At the same time, we should know what we are doing, and when you touch our pockets. [Mr. ToorAL—lt is not intended to touch your pockets.] But how will you get over it?-[Mr. TOOTAL—Where would you like to have that question answered ?] Mr. OLLI. VAST—It must be answered, or it will not be satisfactory to the Shareholders.—Mr, ToOTAL—It shall be, most dis tinctly ; but don't ask me to cut your throat and my own. [Mr. Bright having handed the circular alluded to by him, to Mr. Newbery, that gentleman asked if any man put his name to it; and it was intimated that it was anonymous.] Mr. OLLIVANT—Then, of course, I 'understand we shall not have to pay any more before we go to Parliament? Mr. WHEELER—NIr. 011ivant is perfectly right as to the operation of the Standing Orders. But the Directors' Report has already stated that the existing deposit has not been appropriated in any way ; and they hope to provide a course, which it is not expedient to state here, by which any further payment by the Shareholders will be obviated. —Mr. OLLIVANT : That makes a great difference, and it is perfectly satisfactory. I like to understand the thing, when it is thrown in my face that I shall have to pay 41. or 41. 10s. per share, before we can go again to Parlia. meat.—Mr. WHEELER read the concluding paragraph of the Directors' Report as follows : " It will, of course, follow, as part of this arrangement, that the accounts of your Directors (who are the sole creditors of the Company, no portion of the deposits already paid having been expended or appropriated) should be audited, and th e sum ascertained, to which, after contributing their quota to the expenses incurred, the several retiring Shareholders, if such there be, will be entitled." Those deposits are still intact ; and the particular mode by which it is intended that they shall still remain in.. tact, I am sure, Mr. 011ivant will not call upon the Di rectors to state here ; but it is intended that they shall remain in►act till the end of the next Session of Parlia mcnt.—Mr. OLLIVANT: Well mind you don't get thrown overboard by your opponents.—Mr. Tooran : Oh, they attacked us before.—Mr. Alderman BROOKS Mr. - 011ivant is quite right in asking the question.— Mr. OLLIVANT: It is a very important matter, and will weigh considerably with all parties in - signing the new deed.—The CHAIRMAN said, he would put the resolu tion for the appointment of Auditors ?—Mr. C. SMITH : Auditors ?—Mr. _EIVBERY : Who arc the A ? M N Two of the very heaviest Proprietors.—The motion then passed nem. dis. —The CHAIRMAN said, he believed there was no other business.—Mr. Cuareant. said, it was desir able that the returns should be made to the circulars as early as possible, and Mr. Wheeler was requested to state the wish of the Directors to that effect in the cir culars.—Mr. TOOTAL said, that, probably in the course of the next day (Tuesday), circulars would be sent to every registered Shareholder in the Company, every gen tleman who had signed the deed.—A SHAREHOLDER asked how it would be with those who merely held scrip.—Mr. TOOTAL : There will be an advertisement to them, and they will be good enough to call at this office, where every information will be given. Of course we don't know who are Scripholders, unless they call at the office with their scrip. - WICK was T. was A c Nalled t h h e a r e v t i nog; andleft M t h r e . C w h a a a i r T , s M L r a . w H s . a C i d x , A he e thought it would be highly improper for the meeting to separate without a vote of thanks to Mr. Ashton, for his conduct in presiding over it. Ho (Mr. Wratislaw) bad certainly never attended a public meeting in his life, where the Chairman seemed so disposed to hear everybody and everything. Every satisfaction had been given by him; and therefore be begged to propose, that the cordial thanks of this meeting be given to Mr. Ashton, for his conduct in the Chair.—Dr. LYON had great pleasure in seconding the motion.--It passed unanimously, and the meeting then Lerreinated about a quarter past two o'clock, having occu pied upwards of two hours and a half.—Mancliester Guar dian. DISTRESS IN MARYLEBONE.—Wednemday, at lono o'clock, purs ua nt to p u bli c advertisement, a pub li c meeting of the p ar i s hi oners of the extetnivo and opulent parish of St. Maryl e b one , took place in the spacious board room of the Courthouse, for the purpose Of taking into consideration the large amount of distress and destitut;;:n produced amongst the poorer classes by the present incle ment weather, and the best mode to be adopted for effec tually relieving it, in the parish of St. Marylebone. The ( rest.lt was the collection of about 3001. We understand that Lord Brabazon, one of the Members for the county of Dublin, and the Hon. Grantley Berkeley, one of the Members for the 'Western Division of Gloucestershire, will move . and second the address 'of the House of Commons to her Majcaty on the Speech from the Throne, at the opening pf the ensuing aci,ohm of Parliament. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1841. THE KING OF THE FRENCH. The Gazette de France publishes letters which it declares to be written in 1808 by the present King of the French. In these letters the Duke of Orleans shows himself naturally attached to Enland, and op. posed. to Bonaparte ; and it is for this reason that the Carlist print publishes them. The principal letter is dated Palermo, April 17, 1808. Its chief burden is the difficulties thrown in the way of the Prince seeing his mother, who was at Minorca ; and shows how large a part his family affections bore in the life of the Duke of Orleans. " I detest the life of an emigre," he writes, " and am doubly enraged to be condemned to the humiliation of inutility and vegetation, when I see so clearly what I could to were people to come to an understanding with me, instead of keeping me a prisoner at Hampton Court or Twickenham. lam a French prince, and an English man also—for what country but England can protect me?—besides being English in prin c iples, opi n i o n s , an d habits. Still lam not English in the eyes of foreigners. They do not listen to me with the same mistrust that they listen to an English General ; and I might bring about that conciliation and good intelligence which has ca tied the failure of so many enterprises in which the English have joined. I might be useful on the csntir.ent, instead of being a burden—driving my curricle from Hampton-court to London, and from London to Hamp ton-court." The writer regrets not having had a frank confe rence with Mr. Canning on the affairs of Sicily, " the unfortunate affair of Prince Leopold having spoiled all." The following views on the state and policy of the war at that period proves how fully the writer under stood them : " Austria has sent an officer here (Palermo). I have spoken with him. Austria has 420,000 men, without counting the militi i. But, then, will they dislocate their armies. They are sending 120,000 men to Poland under the Archduke Ferdinand. Why f end a single man to Poland ? To drive the French out of Saxony, and pay a compliment to Russia, and show its own disinterested ness. The compliment will cost dear. Such compli ments are not to be made with impunity before Bonaparte. He never makes any one compliments. He concentrates his forces on the weakest point of the enemy, and when sure of victory at the important point —when, in fact, he has pulled the key-stone from the .arch—everything tumbles to ruin, and be triumphs everywhere. It is on Bonaparte you should concentrate your forces. If You don't beat him, 120,000 won't beat the King of Saxony.' If you do beat him, a picket of 120 men will annihilate the Grand Duchy of War saw. The fault is greater, since there are great hopes from Russia, although I do not share in these hopes. But I would not have a man less in the armies of Ger many and Italy. The Grand Duke alone is mistrusted. It is feared he will adhere to Bonaparte. Austria wishes to aggrandize the King of Sardinia, to give him Genoa, Milan, and Lombardy, Austria taking merely Venice and Mantua. Bavaria, it is hoped, is disgusted with Bonaparte, who took Wurtemberg's part against Bavaria, and who has offered to restore the Tyrol to Austria. The Archduke Ferdinand is to hive Modena. There is one little state that no one will have, viz., the lonian Islands. The Queen bade me establish myself there. I have no objection, if permitted. England went twice there, and has declared to the deputies at Malta she does not want to provide a garrison. But the islands themtelves would furnish troops if there was an active Prince to govern them. .Nay, a corps might be raised there to act on Italy or Turkey whenever Turkey shall fall asundea ; the moment of this is not distant, and England ought to be prepared for it. Th e Russians don'; want the Seven Islands either ; they cost them too dear. A grand English expedition is expected. It ought to go to North Italy, disembark at Genoa, &c." . _ Another letter is dated Cagliari, May 20, of the same year. It commences with the news of the Arch duke John having beaten ,Beauharnais, the Tyrol being evacuated, and of the high hopes entertained of the suc cess of the Archduke Charles " The campaign of Suwarroff has overthrown the Di rectory, but it has opened a way to the throne for Bo naparte, because they have not profited by this great event to re-estab!ish legitimate monarchy. It is a fault which they must have regretted sufficiently to take this time measures to preserve it. The English Government, master of the sea and of all the riches of the world, is .and.ought to be the central, point, the soul of .all those armies which are now sustain , ' upon the Imperi a l Co lossus. No power can do without its subsidies to make %vat. ; thus, as long as they are in a state to resist France, the English Government will always have a larger influ ence upon their political conduct than the others upon each other. But Enlaced must feel her power, and make use of it, as much for her own safety as for that of Europe. She must take in hand the great question of the overthrow of 'Bonaparte ; she must decide and speak : for if she leaves to each Cabinet, to each. indi vidual, the care of making, its little plan of political campaign, we shall have no doubt millions, and conse quently we shall have none, and the change will nei ther be so complete nor so firm as if it had been the re sult of a uniform plan - embracing all sides.. " Alrcady they arc cutting up Italy, and without doubt they will also cut up dermany, without England having been able to give her advice. This harpocratic system, which - England often adopts, is very well for those who only think of not compromising themselves ; but it is pernicious in him who is by the three of cir curnstan,ces, and by the nature of his power at the head of a crisis like this. The responsibility is only to be feared when one does not succeed. It is the not suc ceeding which compromises, and the best of all argu ments, in Parliament, as elsewhere, is success and. vic tory-. 'ln order to succeed yOu must" ha - ve boldness ; you must know beforehand' what is required ; in fine, circumstances must be mastered, instead of being mas tered by them r. the grand question must then be 'taken up and the charaCters.di;trilstited. foresee two possi bilities : one, in which the impqatorie shall 'be over thrOwn at Paris by Spentanesais outbursts ; the other, where the same will take place by provincial risings ; unite. themselves in rs, the generals, will the a wh b e o r d e y, w h r e e r f e ra t c h t e or t y ro c o o pzt r i i i p e t s o m w e i l e l all take different sides. All this must be thought of and prepared for. There are in Spain, at Naples, in' Dalmatia, French troops, which will find themselves in disastrous positions. That it is the moment to speak to the passions of men. An army which may be inac cessible when its government is formed, and which cer tainly is when victory leads its colours, becomes very accessible and easy to be treated with when victory, turning against it, delivers it to the just veneeance of the people, and when the overthrow of the Government and the internal discord of their country leaves them .un supported, and throws them, without compass, upon so stormy a sea." The following is very prophetic. It is part of a letter dated Twickenham, Nov. 5, 1806 :-- " The fate of Russia, as well as of Prussia, depends on Poland. I don't know whether 'Bonaparte ,will try to force the Oder this winter. If he does so and succeeds, this movement may and ought to cause him to meet his PultOwa. Alexander may then avenge Aus terlitz, and repair Jena. Celerity, vigour, and resolu tion, are alone ranting." The intelligence from Texas represents that Re public to be progressing to a more wholesome state, and no doubt when the news of the Commercial Treaty ncgo. tiated here gets out there and in the United States the standing and credit of the Government will be greatly im proved. The first necessity of a new Government aiming to take its place in the number of independent States is clearly the enactment of laws for the security of property, by which the confidence of foreigners may he attracted as well as that of its own citizens confirmed. Since the gua rantee of Texan independence has been formally sealed by the Act of the Foreign-office here, which cannot fail of ratification by the Legislature of the new country, it is quite clear the Republic is placed it) the firmest position possible. For the necessary consequence must follow by the recognition of Mexico, without a full aiid good understanding upon the leading points of which before. hand no treaty would certainly have been concluded here. The acknowledgment of Texan independence by Mexico, may therefore be regarded as a conclusion in fact foregone, although minor points may have to be con cluded, and the temper of the Mexican Legislature and people consulted and propitiated on a most repulsive ques tion to both. Some vague reports had indeed got out to the United States of the conclusion of the Treaty now consummated between Texas and this country, but they seem to have been imperfectly credited and but little approved. As one among other efforts to a nearer ap proach towards European civilisation a Bankrupt Bill had been passed by the Congress, and an Act repealing that passed by the last Congress for cJmpulsorily funding the treasury notes issued. A bank was talked of, as about to be established at Galveston upon a charter from the legislature of the preceding year. This does not appear to be a provident step, notwithstanding that other banks may have been established before. The worst feature of the bank too is that its notes are to be redeemed only, so far as appears and is stated, in Baltimore Bank bills to the extent of 290,000 dollars, that is one sort of paper discredited is to be redeemed by another scarcely less so. Now banks arc a consequence, and not a cause, of civilisation and social progress, and therefore Texan banks are not likely to succeed better than New Zealand and th ose A us tralasian Banks W hich are started without a d equa t e population and production, and which m anu f acture more p the whole propertyer notes than, it p a of the colony were put up to sue tiort, would purch a s e the fee simp le ten times over. Otherwise ti:e Texan Republic was going on well and measures were in progress to exte nd the lucrative rela tions of trade with Sa,ta Fein Mexi co, and to perfect the road constructi ng b etweet i the Red R iver and the Nueces to Santa F e . Alth oug h tiie distanc e from that place to Austin was 600 m il es , an, l . urged with "great earnestnew by the Secretary of War to Congl;.'ss."—_Morning Herald. It is astonishine . TEN THOUSAND PLODGES.--- 13arnsley has at present in that a pawnbroker in the gigantic project,was proposed but not more astonishine . than true, 10,009 distinct pledges. This is a ~nd a concealed c,..s,ahlishment übpwards jrea .s t n n u o m t w e . o r , r ne than ti .s - dering that the population of the town' I_ll the pawn from 13,000 to 14 000.—Leeds Paper. broker of Ba t rn t s i l d ey of be bis a p pr le o d fe g s e s s in i g ie to do but Tory, to ge stand for the borough at the next election. Whig a' FRANCE. MODERN FRENCH POLITENESS TOWARDS A SOVE REIGN, A LADY, A WIFE, AND A MOTHER. PARIS, JAN. 12.—You will perceive by the journals of the last three days that the very proper interference of the Governnient in preventing a theatrical performance at the Theatre de la Renaissance on Saturday night-last has awakened all the civisme and all the patriotism of the Paris press, The theatrical piece in question was entitled 11 etait une lois un Roi et une Reine (" There was once upon a time a King and. Queen"). It is the production of M. Leon Gozlan, and contained, in its original shape, several phrases, passages, and situations, referring so directly and so offensively to her Majesty Queen Victoria and Prince Albert that the censors determined, at first sight, on reject ing it altogether, but after much negotiation, and very ample omissions and alterations, to which the author yielded with good will, the Minister submitted it to Lord Gran. silk, or read to his Lordship the passages in the work that, it was felt, referred to her Majesty. Lord Gran. ville is reported to have said, that he could wish that no such piece should be performed, hut that he saw nothing calling for his interference, and therei fore left it to the Government to decide upon the expediency of permitting or prohibiting it, The Minister, in consequence, sent for M. Gozlan, who consented to make all the alterations :n his work that .vere required, and thereupon the permission was given. Subsequently, however, and upon this you may rely, the Go vernment was informed, on unquestionably authority, teat a body of 509 young men, students and others, had been organized for the purpose of turning the performance of the piece to their political purposes. They were to take possession of the pit, and to seize upon every incident or situation in the performance that could be tortured into any meaning referable to England, her sovereign, or her people, and to make of it a vehicle for the expression of their dislike of all. This would of itself have fully justi. fled the Minister of the Interior in prohibiting the perfor mance, and at 4 o'clock in the afternoon he recalled the permission he had given : but the .information went fur ther. It stated that the malcontents, after having had it, as they reckoned, all their own way at the theatre, were to proceed to the hotel of the British Embassy, and demo lish the windows. This outrage would of itself have been productive of serious consequences ; but who is there bold enough to say that the proceedings of this band of patriots would have been marked by violence and insult only? Who is there who has seen how reckless, how frantic, how ferocious, how ungovernable, how irresistible, is a French mob, who will say that the lives of every British subject in Paris would not have been in jeopardy the moment the Representative of Great Britain should have been outraged ? You in London have no idea of the extremity of dislike enter tained here for even the most unoffending Englishman or Irishman, for let me tell you there is no distinction made). There is no day on which facts do not come to my knowledge proving how deadly' is the feeling raised against you in the breasts o f the p eo pl e by th e liberal Newspapers, the supporters of M. Thiers, those Journals which, while rantingly and hypocritically deal ing out cheap and small-scale humanity, and advocat ing the administering of warm flannel waistcoats and hot rolls and coffee to convicted pickpockets and cut throats, denounce to tbe most savage populace in the uni verse (when once inflamed) thousands of persons who, pre suming on the alleged civilization and hospitality of Paris, have trusted their lives to their safeguard. The 500 per sons who were to have composed this sacred band meant not, possibly., to have done more than merely to break the windows of Lord Granville's residence, but as there are in Paris 4,400 liberated convicts, and as these art nearly to a man irreclaimable, and capable of any crimb in the catalogue, and as the whole of the lower orderS are in a state of excitation, produced by the press, be. yond anything you can conceive, who is there who can venture to say that a number of those villains and des peradoes, or of those madmen, might not mix themselves up in the affair, and give to it a cnaracter and an exten sion not contemplated by the original actors in it? (From the Messager.) Several papers continue to comment on the subject of the piece prohibited by the Minister of the Interior to be performed at the theatre of , the Renaissance the day be fore yesterday. The facts are these :—The censors had at first ihterdieted the piece. For the interest of all parties the Director of the Beaux Arts endeavoured, by retrench ment, to do away with what appeared objectionable. On Friday he consulted the Minister as to the best measure to take. The Minister, after having read the first scenes, thought the representation could net be permitted, and in. timated so to the Director. The next day, two honourable deputies accompanied the author and the director to the Minister, to solicit his permission. The Minister stated his objections wishing to conciliate. It is true.he consented to the representation of the piece, but stipulated the retrenchment of the passages which appeared to make allusions which he wished to avoid- ln this case he yielded from a desire to avoid injuring the work of re man of talent, and the interests of theatrical en terprise. Soon after this interview the Minister was in formed that; hoWever they Might retrench, there existed ietvtitiOns to cause scandal by allusions to great personages. The Minister found it necessary to recall his decision, and at three o'clock he sent an order to the Director of the Beaux Arts to forbid the representations How can it be said that the Director of the Renaissance has been drawn into expenses and losses by the Administration ? The Director had incurred those expenses before obtaining the authorisation, and when he might expect, from the first opinion of the censors, a refusal. It was not the permis sion of a moment which engaged him to make these ex penses. Dates are sufficient to show that. Bssides; there is a rule, known to all Directors, that a piece mu't not be rehearsed till it has been authorised. Directors who act contrary to thir rule do it at their own risk. As to public order, that has not been compromised ; the suspension was signified in time to occasion no trouble. Let us now come to the thing itself. We render fell jus tice to the intentions of the author, but the result of the atrical representations does not depend upon intentions ; the probably effect must be appreciated by the Government. The piece in question has no reference to present cir cumstances. It contains nothing against the English nation or its, Government. But the two principal per sons represent the respective situations of the Queen of England, and the Prince her husband. The Governinent was informed that these analogies would be eagerly seized upon' and become a subject,of scandal. An article in the National prove ;that it was not misinformed. Acting from a' desire of not subjecting a young Queen and her litithand the Prince to allusions, and perhaps to the jokes of which some papers have spoken, is it not committing a cowardly action, a lowering of France before foreigners, a wanting In nationality and 'patriotism ? We leave the public to decide upon this question. Political circumstances are so totally foreign to the decision taken by the authorities, that, in our opinion, were France even at' war with Eng land, as she now is at peaces the French Government should show the same respect, the same propriety. This should be the line of conduct dictated by its own dignity. In reply to the above, the Gazette des Tribunaux ob serves:— " The Messager has forgotten to include the fact that, on the 7th instant, the manuscript was returned to the author with the visa (approbation) of the censors, and also that of M. Cave. It, therefore, this act be connected with the verbal assent of the Minister, given two days afterwards in the presence of two Honourable Deputies, it , will be impossible to reconcile it with the interdiction pro nounced three hours later.' To which the Constitutionnel adds— " We do not understand the anxiety of the _Minister. to interdict the piece beforehand,- especially since the prac tice of our, censorships allows of the representations of a piece being spspended. The effect which the drains' would have produced on the public might, at least, have been waited for. We knOte what respect should be paid to thrones ; but, when the English stage pays so little respect to the honour of France, we do not comprehend the exces sive delicacy which desires to preserve English royalty from possible allusions at the expense of French interests." BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, JAN. 10.—The Moniteur Beige promul gates the law which fixes the Budget of the Department of Justice, ;for the year 1841, at the sum of 11,060,507 f. Captain Ecne.m, of the Artillery, who was with the troops of Ibrahim P.acha, in the campaign in Syria, has returned to Brussels, having spent above a year in Egypt and Syria. OSTEND, JAN. 6.—Since the navigation of the Scheldt los been interrupted •by the ice, we have received in our port the Soho and Princess Victoria steamers, which landed their cargoes. The greater part of the goods has been sent to Antwerp by. the railway. Of thirteen other ships which have put in here, ten are lauding their car goes ; these goods will be forwarded to their destination by the railway, on which 100 to 120,600 .kilogrammes•are daily disrtched. BaussELs, JAN. 12.—We are assured, .that in conse. qucncc of the discussion of the Commissioners for fixing the frontier line. it is proposes to ;detach the village of Tintange from Belgium, and to annex it to the German portion of the province of Luxemburg. We hope that the Government will not consent to this cession. The melting of the snow, caused by a sudden thaw and pretty copious rain, gives reason to fear that the Seine will again overflow its banks ; it has risen five feet since yesterday. A letter from the Hague, addressed to the Organe, states that the present King of Holland has ordered an act of justice, which has been too long delayed. Before the separation of the northern and southern provinces the Go vernment of the kingdom of the Netherlands was indebted to several Belgian contractors for articles furnished to towns in the northern part of the kingdom. After the re volution King William I. refused to pay them, and re ferred them to the Belgian Government, which would not acknowledge itself indebted for articles supplied to Holland. The present King of Holland has just given orders that all the accounts shall be settled as soon as possible; and by a second decree fixes the manner in which the affair shall be conducted. The contractors are to produce, be sides the proofs of their claims, a certificate from the Minister of Finance of Belgium, that they have not re ceived anything on account of them from the Belgian Government. .r;ELGIAN k UNDS—Bnusents, JAN. 12. Actual Debt, 2!.., per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent l/ 6 3,4 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent E9 -----.-- (1140) 90% ------ 3 per Cent. Thirty-seven '---' ......••• Loan of City, 1532, 4 per Cent 9O Society of Commerce, 414 per Cent lO5 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 87% National Society. ' • ... • . Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, Jan. 12. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, JAN 2. f ive per Cents. Metalliques Foar per Cents. Thrce par Cents. 16)0 Bank Shares . Li ...Allgemeine Zeitung. Jan. 7. UNITED STATES. PHILADELPHIA, DEC. 19:—The political ball has at length been opened in Congress by the introduction of re solutions adverse to the sub-treasury scheme, and a pow erful speech in favour of a repeal of that law by Mr. Web ster, in the course of which that statesman condemned the policy of the administration of Mr. Van Buren in mak ing a national debt (now about $4 500,000 a governing prin ciple; and closed with remarking that the "new adminis tration would have to manage the affairs of the Government without means, while the present Administration had expen ded `37.500,000 beyond the receipts of the Government." This speech is copied far and wide. It may be named in connection with this gentleman, that it is confidently affirmed that he has been tendered the post of- Secretary of State, or Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Crittenden, of Kentucky, it is said, will be the new Attorney General. The affairs of China will probably occupy the attention of Congress at an early day, as M. ex President Adams has submitted a resolution for all the information on - the sub ject to be laid before the HouSe. The Report of the Secretary of the Navy has been read, but it contains nothing of interest to European readers, except that the experimen:s with Paixhan guns, on board the steam frigate Fulton, are favourably mentioned, and the two new steam-frigates are to be completed by the cunning summer. Some excitement has been created by a statement . to the effect that a British regiment had been ordered into the disputed territory, and had arrived at Madawaska, Our most authentic accounts affirm that these troops were sent thither by the Governor-General of the British pro vinces, Lord Sydenham, without the knowledge of Sir John Harvey, who immediately apprised Governor Fair field, of Maine, of that fact, in consequance of the ‘• ar rangement of non-occupation" between► him and General Scott. Despatches were also sent to Washington and Montreal. Thus the matter ►emains for the present. The report of the Treasury, which was forwarded to you by the last packet, doubtless furnished the extraor disiary fact that the exports of the United States, for the year ending September 30, 1840, exceeded the imports by $26,716,059. 1 call this en extraordinary fact, because it is the first commercial phenomenon of the kind that has occurred since 1825, when the imports were $96 340,075, and the exports $99,525,388 One of the main causes of increase has been the great export of wheat to Liverpool; another, the unusually abundant crop of cotton in the har vest of 1839 40. By way of enabling you to judge by comparison, I subjoin the commerce of five years:— Imports. Exports 1836 5189,985,742 $127,663,040 1837 1838 1839 1840 " 104,805,891 131 521,950 According to the Postmaster's report, the Post-office re port for the year ending June 30, 1841, the receipts were $3,539,266; expenditure, $4,759,111; leaving a defi ciency of $219,845. Advices from Texas confirm the account given in my last, of the escape of 125 Texans from the Mexicans, who intended to murder them. Only eight , Texans are re ported as killed, but great numbers of the Mexicans. It appears that the Texan Government think of making a road to Santa Fe, in New Mexico, to secure a share of the trade and dollars of that region. The project is urged by the Texan Secretary of War to his Congress, and the length of new road required from Austin, Texas, would be 600 miles. I mentioned in my last the disappearance of a Mr. Suy dam, President of a bank in New Jersey ; and the doubts created thereby as to the causes of the mystery and sta bility of the institution. The integrity of Mr. Snyham and the correctness of the bank arc fully established ; but, alas !at the expense of his life. He was foully murdered, as is believed, by a carpenter named Robinson, against whom he had a mortgage of only $6O ! He was evi,lently robbed of a gold watch and money. His body was found on Tuesday, buried in the cellar of anew house belonging to Robinson. The supposed murderer is in custody. Thus has society been deprived of, an ornament, and a large fa mily of a tender and exemplary father. More troops have been sent to Florida, but there is no favourable prospect as yet from the seat of Indian war. The seizure of the brig Tigris, of Salem, by the British brig of-war Water Witch, on the ground of being a slaver, because she had on' board a black boy, said by the owners to have been " shipped at St. Thomas's as a free lad," has created much talk and some feeling in this country. The vessel is daily expected at. New York, with an Eng lish prizcmaster on board. Iler cargo 'was coffee and ivory, and she was seized oft the African coast. The extensive drug stores of Messrs. :Trippe were burnt, at New York, on Tuesday. Damage $15,000, but insured. A laige artificial lake has been formed near Cleveland, Ohio, vs a reservoir for the canal. It is described as tbo most extensive artificial piece of water in the world, as it covers 13:000 acres. Suicides have been mournfully frequent. On Monday W. H. Jcfferd, E'q., a respectable merchant of New York, destroyed himself ; Mr. Underhill, postmaster at Amherst, on the same day: Mr. E. Davey. of Greene, on the previous Saturday ; Mr. G. W. Warner, a printer, of Providence, -- on Tuesday ; and Mr. Boelim, a . German, at Alba, New York. Mr. S. Maynard, a married man, was mulcted to the tune of $4,000, in a court at Worcester ' on Monday, for basely seducing a young lady. " Served him right." SUPPLY OF WATER.-LONDON AND WESTMINSTER WATER COMPANY. TO THE EDITO1? OF THE SUN. long a.a the projectors of the scheme of sup plying the metropoli; with water from wells near. Watford, and the supporters of that measure, limited think observa tions to matter of general import, the Directors of the West Middlesex Water Company did not think it incum bent on them to notice their proceedings, they relied wi:h perfect confidence on the refutation which the various charges made against the Companies, have 'received in the Committees of both Houses of Parliament, where those charges have been fully investigated. Adverting, however, to the unfounded and delusive statements revived and put forth in the new prospectus of the proposed Company, and to the published speeches, resolutions, and petitions of the different parties who sup port the scheme, the Directors, so far as these statements apply_ to the West Middlesex Company, now feel them selves ogled upon to c'dniredict'llient tu, the pitest,:ungia'aii ied`tetms.v•ttbd theralso fec,l assured'ilhat if the evidence contained in the Parliamentary documents referred• to, bad been fully and fairlyequoted, or .was more generally known, by the - public, the' plojecters of new "Companies would 'find few . stiportitir in the diitriet , df 'the West Middlesex Company.. - '' After the evidence given by Mr. Phillips* to the' Oetn mittee of the House of - Lords appointed last Session of Parliament to inquire into this matter, no doubt can exist as to the purity and salubrity of the water at present sup plied. He fully corroborated,the evidence and confirmed the analysis made by Dr. Bostock in 1828, and again in 1831, at the instance of the late Mr. Telford, by showing that the water obtained fiom the Colne• and the springs near Bushey was less pure than the water now supplied by the Company ; and as regards the quantity, it 'has been so often made apparent, that the present supply is msst abundant, and that the Company has ample power. to increase the quantity to any extent that can possibly be required for many years to come, no question was raised on that subject. The other points, namely, monopoly and price, were minutely investigated nearly twenty 'scars ago by a Select Committee of the House of Commons, since which very great improvements in - the works have been effected, in order to render the water bright and pure at all seasons, whieh.desirable .object the Company have completely ac complished; and although these improvements have been attended with very a large outlay of capital, •yet .no in crease whatever in the rates has been made. By order of the Board of Director; M. K. KNIGHT, Secretary. Office of West Middlesex Water Works, Jan. 8, 1841. * Vide Minutes of Evidence and Report of the Lords' Com mittee en " the Supply of Water to the Metropolis. Sessions, 1840. • . • • MR. RICHARD PHILLIPS, pp. 91, 92, 93: Saline Analysis of Thames water Quantity. Contents. !- taken at Barnes, West 1 Gallon, 11iddlesex Works weight 101bs. 18 6-10 grains' Water at Bushey Same: 21 8-10 grainis. SEWERS OF WESTMINSTER AND PART OF MIDDLESEX. „ , • ct• . A Special_Meeting of the Court of Sewers for the ciiy and Liberty of Westminster and part of the County of hfiddlesex, will be holden at the Sewers' Office in Greek street, Soho-square, this day, to hear parties who may ap pear against the Presentments of the Jury on the Itao - and Counters Creek Districts. The Contractor's bills for the quarter ending Michael. mas, 1840, amounting to 6,7121. 17s. 9c1., are laid upon the table of the COmmittee-robm for the inspection of the Commissioners. THE HISTORY OF A FLIRT, WRITTEN BY HERSELF.—To analyse and lay bare the secret and intri cate workings of that easily besetting sin of human nature, vanity, is the laudable object of the authoress of these vo. !times, who has furnished forth :a biography that may well be placed upon the quicksands of the human heart, as a beacon 'to warn those just budding into life from the perils of conceit. The authoress of this most useful, and most agreeably and elegantly written novel, is entitled to com mendation upon three separate grounds. In the first place all her circumstances, or to speak theatrically, her inci dents' are natural and most pr o b a bl e . Th e .rea d er h as no unreal mockeries to cont with—no Banquo.like glidings to watch and rem er. The- main currents of the tale flow smooth! to a final confluence, bearing with them the memory feelings of the reader. Secondly, the language is at once piquant, sprightly, and dialoguisb, as free from bombast on one hand as it is from vulgarity on the other. Lastly, the object, or rather the moral of the work, by which it and all similar productions should be tested, is unexceptionable, for no thoughtless or giddy woman can rise from its perusal without feeling that it must be her own fault if the lesson it inculcates is thrown away...—Moining Post. The climate of Britain, so remarkable for fickleness of temperature, has given rise to an infinitude of ingenious inventions for the protection of those who are constitutionally predisposed to suffer in health from such causes; but, while every other part of the human frame is, by some laudable application of the arts to manufacture, rendered impervious to weath , the face must still remain exposed ; and the peen' . delicacy of the Female Com plexion undoubtedly ergoes great, though gradual, change from the ct of excess, either of heat or cold, upon its surface , n this instance, Rowland's Kalydor affords the so much desired and valuable protection ; main taining, unimpaired, that peculiar brilliancy of tint—ad mired beyond all other possessions; and, as a preservative, is equally efficacious, whether against the injurious degree of heat felt iu crowded assemblies, or exposure to harsh winds, and the low temperature of the winter 'season. MORNING EDITION; SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. • Generally with reference to the members present, the betting yesterday afternoon was tolerably brisk. The R O. salie colt was backed at 15 to 1 in hundreds, being a foll• on Monday's quotation : his position was rendered ;still more doubtful by the advance of Palmmon, about whom 17 to 1 was taken to upwards of two hundred pounds-.,--a point, more than any one ventured to off r at the clotio. The Knight of the Whistle opened at 25 to 1, and W$ backed freely ; we itould say, indeed, that he is now fil l , best favourite in Scott's stable, 22 to 1 having 13 , ,en against Marshal Soult without eliciting an offer to back him at any price. Some other bets were laid which %TO remarkable only for the great liberality of the betters of t he odds. We subjoin the e:osing quotations against the fr!' horses mentioned in the course of the afternoon : DERBY. 15 to I agst colt-taken 16 to 1 agst Pa'w , non 22 to 1 agst Sault 25 to 1 agA Knight of the Whistle—taken 30 to 1 agst Prince Caradoc,—off red 40 to 1 agst Duke of Wellington—taken 50 to 1 ags D4rioletta colt—taken and aft. offerA 1000 to 15 agst Miming Star—taken • 2000 to 25 agst Neg us—taken 5000 to 50 agst Bracetaken 1000 to 10 asst Van ATriburgh—taken 1000 to 10 agst Mu.,tapha—taken, 2000 to 10 ags.t Arcot Liss c —.akcn 1400 to 1200 agst Palmmon—taken DONCASTER MEETING, 1842— TUESDAY. The St. Leger Stakes of 50 sous, each. h ft for three ye4t old colts Sat 71b, and fillies Sat 21b. The owner of th ' second horse to receive 100 sous. out of the stakes."' St. Leger course. (136 subs.) Mr Allen's b c Belereur, by I.3clshazz Ir. out of Violal —Mr Allen's ch Belle Dame, sister to Fitzroy, by De of shazzor—Mr Alexander's b c by Sheet Anchor, 04 , 0 Therca—Col Anson's eh f Twilight, by Velocip e ? (Nonplus's dam )—Col Anson's b f Syren, by Maley 0. ; loch, out of Frailty—Col Anson's b or br c Attila. ~ Colwich, out of Progress—Col Anson's b c The Punalg by Bay Middleton—Mr Ben b c Eboracum, by. St...it cholas (Vermillion's dam)—Mr T. Bell's ch c Junius, br Rockingham (My Cousin)—Lord G. Bentinck's b C big deal—Lord G. Bontinek's, ch c Pcloponnessus—Lord Bentinck's b c Tedworth.—Lord G. BL ntinck's b c —Lord G. Bentinck's eh f Firebrand—Mr T. Boollesii,' by Muley Moloch, out o f Manilla—Mr Bslchin's b Rockingham, out of Dandelion—Mr Bennington's . r Proof Print, by Birdcstch e r—Mr B owe s' s c h c by Ve s l, cipcde, out of Dido—Mr Bowes's ch f The Lady of DL ( verkeld Well-3lr Bowes's br f The Lass of Lontou-r7q Brooks's br f Idolatry, by Muley Moloch (Lunaticri. Lord Bruce's b c by Glaucus, out of Rosalie—Sir 11..,.."0; Bulkeley's bc by Beagle, out of Jemiina—Mr ,hog' names Lasso, by the Saddler (Tigress's daso)--_, Chesterfield's br c The Artful Dodger, hy The Sas/let, Lord Chesterfield's c Johnny Faa, by Bay MiddletoP_l Lord Chesterfield's c All my eye, by Sheet Anchor-*- ;,1 Chesterfield's c by Muley Moloch, out of Dirce-- 1 1 0 Chesterfield's c by Sheet Anchor, dam by St. Nieh ° A —Lord Chesterfield's f by Colwiek, out of Vacuntt-- , -, 1 14, Chesterfield's f Dil-bar, by Touchstone, out of Pei G. Clark's ch c Lord of Holderness, brother to Horsi's - eV, Mr G. Clark's b c William Ic Gros, by ,Velocipect e l, Mr G. Clark's b c Master Thomas, by Tombcy---„ 4 ., f ie Clark's ch f The Maid of Auckland, by Tomboy--v", of Cleveland's br Camelford, by Cam e l ( Dukeof Cleveland's bl e Pharold, by Velocipede (G i q, Mr Clifton's br c by Muley Moloch, out of' sister to ' - ' O l terick—Mr Combo's Criterion, by Touchstone, otOr e i Octave—Mr Combo's Rosalind, by Touchstone, ,Otel Harmony—Mr Connop' s br c M a r s hal N e y, by (Loutherbourg's d)—Mr Connop's ch c Mid-day, by DY'lO , ingliam, out of Mopsy—Mr: Connop's ch c Mirabell e te Emilius, out of Fidelity—Mr Coupland's b c Ceod mere, by Bran, out of Wostrel—Mr T. Coleman's 10?" f Gazelle, by Jerry (Filho da ruta—Mr T. •'", e l man's 13; f Goneril, by Jerry, out of sr ° !. —Colonel Cradock's b c The 'Prior, by Muley Nola , L' Col Craufurd's b f by Langar, out of Mermaid—Col furd's b f by The Magnet, out of Lady Berners--O r .. Cuthbert's br f Queen of Tyre, by Tomboy-MrDil 01 0 ch c Lord George, by Bustard (sister to Margravel''. 4 , Dixon's b c Honest Jack, , by Bustard, out of Lan/ Lord Dorchester's b or br f, by. Bay Middleton (5 0 i 0 A ) et) Mr Edreonstotte's eh f. The. Nun, by Bran (Hum. C 1 .4 110) —Lord Eglinton's Aruspex, by Muley Moloch ( Spilb —Lord Eglint on 's b c by Bay Middleton, out of ZiOlit Lord Eglinton's b f Blue Bonnet, by Touchstouelti Eta all's Palladium, by 'Defence, out of Mantillas . " 1 , Exeter's ch c Saros, by Sultan or'' Beiram out Lord Exeter's c RevoCation, by 'Reveller, out of Va r vi Lord Exeter's Valance, by Sultan, out of Velvets-7,41 Exeter's f by Touchstone, out of, Amma—Mr Fcrqs2 ch c Fircaway, by Frenzy, out of Taglioni—illy Foljambe's ch c by Langar, dam by Cervantes—Au" 60 forth's ch c Edmond, by Muley Moloch—Mr Gera! , tie/ by Vcstris, out of lambic—Mr Goodman's ch c Mr Goodman's c The Brigand, by Muley 1 0 ,1 1 ,:ted Mr Grayden's ch c by 'Recovery, , out of Bay vis* dam—Mr Gascoigne's 'b Blueskin, by Bay I)/ dleton—Mr Goulden's ch c by Robin Hood, 9,,a0 1 Whisker—Mr Greville'S b c Gun t er.:.-.Mr r l :! r ifir b c Van de Vehle, by Tomboy (Valentine)—.MrY, rison's, ch c Wilfred, ,by Muley . Moloch (WO , . Mr Hogg's br c Sir Robert, by, Sheet Anchors -s - prat 'Mason's fby Muley Moloch, out of MelotiflAti Jaques's b c PLyfellow i by Tomboy, out o f G a lena''', bl Jersey's Brother to Phoenix--Lord Kelburne's b Velocipede, out of Miss Whip—Lord Kelburne's f, Retainer, clam by St. Patrick—Lord Kelburnei v t jto Retriever, darn by Ardrossan— Mr King's' br c Ca t lite by Muley Moto& (Jubilee)—Me Kirby'S ranee, by Muley MOloch—Mr Kitching's br f P 1,7 . Tomboy, by Tomboy (Catalina)—Lord ILY Middleton, Out of Miniature—Lord Lichficld'i sfel I I3ay Middleton; out of Sister to PortraitMr Lieb t°f d b c by, Langar, .out of Manta-:..Mr Maher's c .by , ; 410 catcher, out of Perdita—Mr Meiklam's c by P 1 3105 out of Solace—Mr Milne r 's b f by Ti n k e r, darribP'„, 7 -01v dort—Lord ,Milltown's. ch c Scatteen, by Philip! " th b/ Brandy Bet—Lord Milltown's .b c Master Edvi a i r ielti sFusileer , (Porta)--Sir C. Molick's . brother to GO,r,';P , Morgan's •br c' by AgrPeable, dam by Sljtie ' Mostyn's b c by Bay. Middleton, out of 111 _'"„''14 1 nets—Mr Mostyn' s ch c i A relianke r Charles, by Mu"$' 1 00 1 loch—Mr c by Velocipede, out of mo, t e Mr Nevill's lof Lady Randalina s by Belzoni ( A roodl t ele,, .LOrd.Norm4nby's f. by Stockport, out o f,Disli dr ieg . . Mr. 'Ordo's f Beds-wax; by LiverpoolM —el''', dam—Mr Osbaldeston's b f Ch. Don't; by Voltaire 4/ Osbaldeston's br e by The Sat lierculeello! Mr Osbaldeston's.b c brother t o . K -- retilin.Alr osur eldj b c Skipton, by Stockport, dam . by Swiss---Mr • b c Happy-go-L uc ky, by Young 'Einiliu's-111 1. 4 , inf" 4 bl c by Street Anchor, out of Lady - Col-.XO I- ch c by The Colonel, out of Hester—Mr Price s if f iti! Croydon, by Rockingham, dani by Cydnus—Air', A .' ter( b f Marian, by the Mole, out of Agnes—Mr Prig:'''io Rookworth; by Memnon Junior (Ebor)—Mr Povi t t e or by Bay. Middleton,. out of :,The Mystery—Mr . „, 03 ch c Cabrera, by Tomboy (De . rmid's dam)--T, r iP a ; shay's br c Moss Trooper, by . Liverpool (Emii , "'" ) ,4 l ; Richardson's ch c Aurum, by Tomboy (Magatc B9l4 „%:"„' b f by PhySician, out of Prima Dot' u ,."„'CY Sadler's ch f Pas s i on —G en Sh arpe ' s P re e urso r, k c ei4: tius out of Myrrah—Lord Sligo's ch c Sordid,il 50 1 mist out of Soot—Mr Spink's bl f Margaret, 0' Moloch (Fair J an e)—M r Thom son's br f hoY P P lk o se ir dam by M u l e y—M r Thornhill's Equation, sister to rio b/ —Mr Walter's Privilege—M r W arw i c k' sri Sheet Anchor (Katherina)—Mr 'Watson's ch Moloch, out of Tigress—Lord Westminster's Anheter" by Touchstone (M. of H onour ) — L or d W e st Candahar—Lord Westminster's c William de ~Tll tins by Plenipo—Lord Westminster's Hookah—Mr v ot , b c Gone-away, by Economist or Barkston-- 101 , v, br c Timoleon, by Sh eet A nc h or—Mr Wood'S c"e0; cullus, by Bra n , d am b y Sam—Mr 'Worthingtop%offi; by .Langar,,out of Emigrant's dam—Mr •Woodo ollle 'rLil ' Haiannah, by Colwick—Captain Camel, out out-of Fanny—Mr Wreford's, jun., ch c by • , out of Victoria—General Yates's b c Sea Horse! The llornby Castle Stakes for 1841 closed Witi, fd subscribers ; the Two-year Old. Produce St.iprof 1843 with fou r , subscribers; and-the .Fours.year"• ,, 'o duce Stakes f u r 1845 w i t h e i g h t su b scr ib ers; the .‘ pagne Stakes, w ith twentyss i x su b scr ibe rs; t he' Cl e e ,, p . Stakes, with s ixt een su b scr ib ers; th e Four-fe y Stakes - , seven subscribers ~ the Gascoigne Stak e k i be fi di subscriber s ; the Two.year Old Stakes, thirty stibs.c r s the Scarborough Stakes, seventeen Subsctibers. YORK SPRING MEETlNG,lB4l—Tv B eeal tf ' The:lwo-yr-Old Stakes of 30 sovs. ,each, 10 ft. , ;tl d o Bst. 71b , fillies, Bat. 41b. .T. Y. C. "00; Mr Jacques's b c PlayfelloW, by Tomboy, out c" 4,0; ‘ —Lord Kelburne's fby Retrie ver , d am by Ardr?!sor Mr Osborne's b c Skip ton , b y : Stockport, civil , b lo o , / d i Foljsmbe's b f by. B ay M uiddleton, O t of A"'". N e s , Colonel A n s on ' s c h f ,by Velociped&-- - L,' dam)—Mr Osbaldeston' s b r c by .The cules' da—Duke of Cleveland's by c FoaberrY , taire (Matilda)—Mr Brooks's br f Idolatry, bY'eeb tr i : Moloch (Lunatic)—Mr Watson's b.c by Sheet. 17, 1 out of St Maurice's dam—Mr Bell's b c.Eboratoob Nicholas. NAVAL INTELLIGLNCE. ( From the Brighton Gazette.) „ Ec r; Pe j . ORTSMOUTII, JAN. 13.—The new steamer, J-Th'ellt proceeded to the River to receive her engines, an d " t o with her machinery. ro es! The departure of the Monarch, 84, from Slice br ols Spithead has been delayed, owing to that ship ble o r driven from her moorings, and received considers our mage, on Sunday, the 3d instant, during a he avy v der-storm. Ivied, Owing to the severity of the weather, the eq pleb of the Indus, 84, Captain Sir James Stirling, .11 a , W I ( 20, Commander Douglas, has been much rerarcloo• l ot e ships will, however, be ready for sea about the 'cb February. wrooltcr The three iron steamers are assembling at ~. PIN from Liverpool, and w ill l eave t hi s cou ntry for t he River, under the com man d o f C a pt a in Dundas Tro Or the early part be bli The brig Rapid, 10, Lieutenant Tryon, is i n t preparing as a tender to the Royal George yech,t* TRADESMEN'S ACCOUN T TO THE EDITOR OF THE VIP. SlR—Through the medium of your widely circuio paper, you might throw out a few valuable hint s ~,r oo lv nobility, gentry, and clergy, of the benefits dot " fli ed° result from their early settlement of the trade s- 0 0 1 yearly aceounts, which are often' delayed from t la tie tre r thought or other causes, sometimes from servants or e presenting the accounts. If one half the ;IWO" ur trade, to settled in January every year, it would give of Im tf ' and the bonefit be felt by all classes A SUBSCR Pontefract, July 9. 1 111 With Un Wit] Tr BE/ RE Can Noy -.AMR And Renr RA R I MA TH) bite r Ala Pe rsons al av r Olpr gc,i; ~:riii , , ultEb UN I) ;! Sir th ews P 6,4 The N i THE Tri t ; i ;i v i ~ili 6'~ 'I) • • fro m After w tcs -e chi • • • Or b t • , 1 , 8 1%6 COod Neit, ai n t ur ea • 4,9.1 • t h at ; tic 1 forbi di st. „ t hin ash • f r og tithe .try Of t fai,c (11 ; . r ►ht