The Sun. — London, England, 1849-08-24 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS. (From the London Gazette of Tuesday.) An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, rap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank N tPs of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales. in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 11th day of August, 1849: Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co 12,068 Ashford Bank, Ashford--Jernmitt and Pomfret 10,502 Aylsha.n Bank, Aylsham—R. and G Copeman 5,079 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Rickford and Hunt Baldock Bulk and Baldock and Bigglesivadn .laldock—`Yells, Hogg, and Lindsell... 21,316 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Drake and Co 8,078 Basin stoke and Odihiva Bank, Basingstoke — Lamb, and Co. S.ymonr, Lamb, an. B ford I3ank, Bedford -1 . Barnard Bedford and Bedfordshire Ban.c, Bedford — I rapc, Halfhead, and Co. INA (Hey Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and 12,088 Crane Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—Tubb and Co. .. ••• • Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Attvroc da, Spooner, and Co 23,036 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham --J. L. Moilliett, and Sons ............. 11,207 Blandford Bank, Blandford—Bastard and Oak. 7,492 Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co Bor,ton Bank, Boston—Gee and Co. Bridga - iter Bank, Bridgwater—J. &J. Seale' , 4,632 Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harford, and Co. 32,050 Broselecy and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard 19,147 Buoicingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Stow- Market Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co. lianl-ury Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney. 23,804 linnonry Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb 24,817 lief r. City Bank, Bath—Moger and Son fiedifordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett and Grant 91,649 Eirtningham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H A. and W. M. Harris and Co 11,347 Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 59,601 Bridnort Bank, Bridport—S. and W. E. Gundry Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds — J. Worlledge and Co. Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove—Rufford, Biggs, and Co. Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and 15,203 Sons Cambridge and Cambridg eshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Fo rsters 37,160 Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and C 0............................. Oarmarthen Bank, Carmarthen —Morris and Sons Chertse Bank, Chertsey—Messrs. La Coste 2 , 917 Colchest y er Bank, Colchester—Round, Green, and Co. Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester —Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wood cock 5,437 9,403 2,342 10,327 32,555 32,519 Cit e Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Dank, Settle—Birkbecks and Co. (7/Iristclinrch Bank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh, 6,500 15,570 67,976 and Co ,:lardiff Bank, CarditY—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow B ink, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmcuth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Brornage, Snead, and Co. ..... Derby Bank, Derby—Mer;srs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co. Derby 01F Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and C 0..., Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Hughes, Locke, and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Etticham, and Co Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tew. 6,374 7,870 10,304 25,190 23,937 10,100 10,436 ond Co. Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster (14 )ok and Co. Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse, & Co Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor man ...........+• Dorchester Old Balk and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster, 53,365 66,721 and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley—Borer, Hutton, and Co. - Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford—Walford, and Co. Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co Fal:enham Bank, Vakenhana—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co. FaVringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes and Medley Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co Goclalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Keen ...................... . Grantham Bank, Grantham—Kewney and King Guildford Batik, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon... Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0.... Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. Hertford and Ware Bank, Ware—S. Adams -, ,d Co. 9,332 40,469 87,644 41,150 40,492 25,306 18,098 4,91 8,506 4,295 4,665 9,356 22,598 22,744 12,277 14,637 an, Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull —Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veasey Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead— Smith, and WAhittingstall .. Monitor. Bank, Honiton—Flood and Co. Hertfordshire, Ilitchen Bank, Hitchen—Sharples • and Co. .................. Ileroiord. Rosa, and .A.rchenfield Bank, and Ross and P rchenfield Bank, Hereford—Morgan, Hoskins, and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Mercer Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J Davies and Co Knighton Bank Knighton—J. Davies and Co Kna-resborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresboroagh—Terry and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and C 0...... . . .. Kettering Bank, Kettering-00 4 ;h and Sons., Longton Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C liarvy and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co Leeds Hnion Bank, Leeds—W. Williams, Brown, and C,). Leek ard Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and Corgleton Bank,Leek —Fowler, Gaunt, andeo. Lei,tester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby Lowe' old Bank, Lewes—Volineux and C 0.... Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Green... Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith and Co Lampeter Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando very —David Jones and Co. Loughborough Batik, Loughborough—Middle tons and Cradock Lyming,ton Bank, Lymington—C. and S. St Barbe 17,779 34.590 4,670 22,820 31,381 18,815 17,447 56,854 10.952 15,700 5 396 18,395 32,702 7,484 5,399 50,946 37,295 19.745 28.614 16,557 72,045 5,500 Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis —Gurneys and Co. 33,490 Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Massey and Co. Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst and Co Manning,tre Bank,Manning,tree —Nunn and Co Marlborough Bank, Itlarlborough and Wilts Old Bank, 'Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner and Pinckney 11,632 Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank, Marlborough—Ward, Merriman, and Hillier 7,313 erionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and Wi11iam5......... Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Baileys and Co Monmouth Old Beak, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth —Bromage and Snead Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport W. Williams and Sons 7,620 lg Newarkk Bank, Newark—Godfreys and Hutton 21, 391 an Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, 46,454 Newbury BanV:ii. eVury—Bunny and Slocock 18,054 Newmarket Bank, mond. and Son Newmarket—Eaton, Ham- Norfolk and Suffolk B an k ... 18,230 Dyson ................. nic, piss —Taylor and Norwich Crown Bank, Iludsons Nor wich—Harveys and ......... Norwich and Norfolk Bank,. ..... .............. • 38,887 wieh—Gur neys and Dirkbeck ............... ..... . Bank N o ttingham and Nottinghamshire Bank tingham—llart, Fellows, and Co ..... . N° - Nunea t o n Bank, Nuneato n— Craddcoei; ....... 12,121 5,232 5.892 12,109 23,843 11,730 3,421 57,337 7,014 C 0 ................................................... 3,G95 Naval _Bank, Plymouth—Harris, Mudge, an d C 0... .................................................. New Sarum Bank, Sarum—flotley, Everett, and Co ................................. Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co. 25,731 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westrv—Crox on and Co ........................ Oxford Bank, Oxford—J. and B. Morrell ..... . Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and C 0.... Old Bank Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbr 4 dov— Beeehing and Sna3 • 7 ,3 Oxfordshire Witney Bank Witney—Williams, Olinah, And Co 10,475 21,315 10,814 9,616 7,669 Average Am ount. l'ease s Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 40,280 Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and. Co 9,274 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bans. Peter- borough.LNlPs..rs. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson, White, and Simpson Pemorokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest--J. and W. Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank. Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Simonas and Co Reading Bank, Reading—StePhens,Blandy, and 8,595 Co _ Richmond Bank, Richmond—Stapleton and C 0... Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood, Ledgard and Sans Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds and Co Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank .Roches ter—Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons... Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son Rye Bank, Rye—Curteis, Pomfret, and Co Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and Co Ross (Ad Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard and Allaw ay Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron 4,415 Walden—Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and Co Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall and Co Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons, and Co Sittingbourne and Alton Bank, Sittingbourne —Vallance and Son Southampton Town and County Bank, South- 7,114 27,195 26,135 5,180 9,178 . - ampton—Maddison and Son Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's—J. S. Story Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury— Brodie and 4,986 7,293 13,120 14,283 11,660 9,508 3,98 31,266 12,193 19,785 30,043 2,130 11,495 13,097 King - Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge _Rufford, Wragg, and Co . . ..... Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co 13,438 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley, and Co. ~ Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and 3,670 3,007 _ Robins Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. 20,366 St. Alban's and Herts Bank, St. Alban's—Gib- son and Stuart Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock 18,637 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and Co Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns ford and Barne Thrapston and Bettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son To wcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co. _ Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Wells and Co. Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— Kelynge, Greenway, awl Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox. Brothers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, and Co Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap- man, and Co Winchester, Airesford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurney and Co. Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and NV Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoake.. Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender, and Co. Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley _ and Turner Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—CharlesFoster and Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster— Everett and Co. Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton— Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney, Birkbeck, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten York Bank. York—Swann. Clough. and Co 8,495 6,484 7,32 8,455 12,25 7,814 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 6,38 16,351 6,075 22,483 4,289 40,562 11,68 18,952 3,518 14,083 28,384 45,002 5,008 12,140 8,750 69,793 9,197 2,335 12,974 10,038 40,605 11,587 555 40,283 Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 45,402 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad ford . .... Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington . . Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 12,192 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 18,946 Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 15,698 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington 14.958 East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 128,174 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 14,756 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 36,259 Hull Banking Company, Hull Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Ha lifax Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax 31,555 Helston Banking Company, Helston 1,453 Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 16,433 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough . 20,195 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 2,988 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 58,670 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 43,404 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,227 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 26,718 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 1,851 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham ..... 44,053 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton.. 62,248 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 19,646 Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Lei- caster Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth... 1,673 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 33,448 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall ... Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pang 49,094 shire Banking Company, Sheffield Sheffield and Stourbridgenaliam 16,838 Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking 51,156 Swaledale and Wensley d a l e Bankin g Com p an y , Company, ShoMeld Richmond .. . Storey and Thomas's Banking Company Shaftesbury Sheffield and Retferd Bank, Sheffield ... Wolverhampton aod Staffordshire Banking Corn - pany, Wolverhampton 32,073 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 11,077 Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven ... . Warwick and Le.mh_gton Banking Company, Warwick West o f Englate 8.1.4 South Wales District 31,837 lillani(1 Lt°rlset Banking C om p an y, Salisbury 6629:704508 Vtirt s and West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield ..... ..... Whitchurch and Ellesmere...... 27,242 Banking C om p any, Whitchurch . ................... ................ 4,049 Worcester City and County Baal ...... e; : ; ........ 3 ' 437 Worcester... . 2 ....... Company York Union Banking Company, Yorli Yor City and County Banking CompanY,Vo.rl; 75:65945 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns, , Inland Revenue, Somers et 'louse, Aug. 18, 1549. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24 1849. EAST ANGLIAN RAILWAY. The umal half-yearly general meeting of the pro prietors of the East Anglian Railway was hell yes terday, at the London Tavern; Mr. Bruce, chairman of the Board of Directors, in the chair. The following extracts form the most important part of the directors' report:— " We have the satisfaction to inform you that the Bill, to sanction which you met here in June, has received the Royal assent. This Act grants an extension of time for making the line from Ely to St. Ives, and authorises the company to effect this important object by means of arrangements for leasing the line from parties who may be disposed to invest capital in its construction. It also authorises the conversion of the bond debt into share capital, and the raising of 80,7261. 10s. for paying the liabilities of the company, by means of the issue of new shares bearing interest at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, and preferent to any other shares of the com pany. We feel confident that when the objects for which this Act was obtained are carried out, the antici pations regarding its beneficial effects on the value of your property will be fully realised. " We have also very great satifaction in informing you that the Norfolk Estuary Bill has passed into a law. Those only who are acquainted with the trade of Lynn can estimate the importance of this measure to that port, and consequently to our railways. The anxiety evinced by the corporation, merchants, and traders of Lynn for the success of this project, affords the best criterion of the value attached to it, and which, when carried into effect, must give to the port of Lynn that importance to which its geographical position evidently entitles it. "The Eastern Counties' Company having brought into Parliament a Bill to authorise the amalgamation of that Company with the Norfolk Company, in which Bill were inserted clauses increasing to a considerable extent the rates legally chargeable by the latter company, also giving them certain powers which, if exercised, would prove injurious to your traffic, we felt ourselves com pelled, by a due regard for your interests, to oppose that Bill, which was consequently rejected by a Committee of the Lords. An examination of the chart will enable you fully to estimate the difficult position in which your lines would have been placed had the Eastern Counties' Company, who already possess the port of Wisbech, ob tained so large an interest in promoting the trade of Yarmouth and Lowestoft, to the prejudice of Lynn and of your r ailways, which the advanced tolls sought to be legalised would have enabled them effectually to have accomplished. " We have ever been anxious to enter into equitable arrangements with all adjoining companies for the im provement of the traffic of our districts, to our mutual benefit; but past experience has taught us the necessity of having all arrangements of this nature legally binding. No progress has yet been made in the adjustment of the several matters that have so long been arranged for sub mission to the decision of arbitrators; we have ex pressed to the new board of the Eastern Counties Com pany our anxious desire to have these matters settled, and we have been assured that they shall receive their early attention. " The statement of the revenue account for the half year ending 30th June, 1849, exhibits a diminished amount of receipts, as compared with the half-year im mediately preceding. " The causes which have led to this decrease have from time to time been the subject of investigation by the board, and they have been found chiefly to have arisen from the bad harvest of last year, which, together with the first commencement of free trade in corn, has produced that extreme degree of depression which has prevailed through every branch of trade in the counties of Norfolk and Cambridge, and, we believe, in the agri cultural districts generally. The advance demanded by the Eastern Counties Company in their rates for the conveyance of coal, and other heavy articles, while the rates by water have been considerably reduced, has also had an injurious effect on our traffic, as is apparent from the above tables. " The prospect of an abundant harvest, and the passing of the Norfolk Estuary Act, give us good grounds for expecting that the traffic during the current six months will yield a more satisfactory result. " With reference to the expenditure, we have satisfac tion in calling your attention to the reduction in the con sumption of coke, oil, &c., in the locomotive department and at the several stations." The balance-sheet represented the liabilities to amount to 384,443/., while the assets reached 384,526/. The receipts of the past half•year amounted to 17,6941. 13s. 4d., and the expenditure to 11,931/. 17s. Oid., leav ing 5,762/. 16s. 3id. in hand. The total expenditure from the commencement of the company amounted to 1.312,168/. 17s. Bd., and the receipts to 1,317,6581. 19s. 9d., leaving 5,4901. 3s. ld. in hand. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, and after a short discussion, the report was adopted. A resolution was then agreed to authorising the reduction of the number of directors to six, and the di rectors instructed to adopt a new plan of keeping the accounts; to appoint a paid law-clerk; to consolidate the offices of accountant and secretary; to reduce the work ing staff; to remove the offices from London to Lynn; and finally to have the permanent way maintained by responsible parties on approved contracts. The report of the committee of investigation, which has already been published, was then read; after which a lengthened reply from the directors was submitted to the meeting, and approved of. The following is the conclusion of the answer of the directors to the report of the committee of investiga tion:—"iWe agree with the committee as to the main causes of many of the embarrassments of the company; indeed, their statement is but an echo of the several reports made by us to the proprietors on the subject. For these embarrassments we do not hold ourselves in any degree responsible, as they are the results of former management. That the staff of officers and servants was originally established on a scale beyond the require ments of the company is easily accounted for by the erroneous ideas entertained of the future traffic by the former Chairman. On this subject we beg to remark, that since the departure of the late general manager in December last, the board has made very extensive re ductions in the staff. The committee must have been well aware that it has long been the desire of the board to obtain the services of an experienced man as general manager, and that such appointment has only been delayed until we could meet with one in every way qualified to promote the interests of the company. We have much satisfaction in stating that, in the ap pointment of Mr. Wentworth Clay, who will enter on his duties as general manager on the Ist September, they believe and trust they have secured the services of a gentleman in every way capable of promoting the in terests of the company. The concentration of the com pany's offices, workshops, and stores at the principal station has long been the anxious desire of the board but the heavy demands on the funds of the company have compelled them to delay this very desirable ar rangement. We are very reluctantly compelled, by the general tenor of the committee's report, and to meet their unjust imputation of want of energy on the part of the board, to refer to what was the position of the com pany's affairs when they came under our direction, and the numertius difficulties with which we have had to contend, viz.,—the line to Ely was on the point of being opened for traffic, but great expense had to be incurred in maintaining the line through the Fens during the ensuing winter. This work, owing to the embarass merit of the contractor, had to be performed by the company. The line from Lynn to Swatfham was also on the point of being opened, but the cuttings through the chalk were in a state to require the greatest eet so bankruptcytwi form l oorr e mk x s t t extensive ssivtaeo requiredtfi e otn c e. c.vaoarntdi continuedt o ra n an s cdt a o n r d sidings were neces csTtoaahrrteyeh:hadoutlayaccommodatenlso which,t to be owing a borne c. by the company. The contract for the unprofitable Branch to Wisbecla was hastening towards completion, with the concomitant evil of a pressing demand for pay ment of the contract sum—while the portion of line from Swaffbam to Dereham, which was expected to yield a favourable result, was retarded by the insolvency of a third set of contractors. Those who have had to settle with a number of insolvent contractors, and to complete their works, will be able to estimate the difficulties with which we vs ere surrounded. At this period there was no accommodation whatever for goods, coal, or cattle traffic at Lynn, or at any of the other stations, and the utmost quantity of goods that could ;be landed daily at the Harbour Station was 50 tons, while at present there is accommodation at the principal stations for every description of traffic, and 400 tons may be daily landed at the harbour. To accomplish these necessary objects, a very considerable outlay has been required. When it is remembered that, instead of the company possessing ample funds for the completion of the undertaking, as we bad been led to believe was the case, it was ascertained that the capital which had been raised would not suffice to pay the liabilities (of a large amount of which we had received no intimation), as sta'ed in the report of the shareholders, dated 16th February, 1848, the proprietors will probably consi der that the position of your directors for nearly two years has been most painful, and has entailed upon them I degree of laborious and anxious occupation in the management of your affairs, far exceeding that which usually attaches to directors, even when paid for their services. It has long been our desire to obtain the co operation, as colleagues, of some desirable parties wil ling to undertake the duties and responsibilities of the directorial office. Our wishes in that respect are unal tered; and we are prepared at any time, when furnished with names, to elect to vacant seats such gentlemen as may be considered best calculated to assist us in develop ing the resources of the undertaking, and in promoting tho interests of the company." Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting terminated after a lengthened sitting. LLYNVI VALLEY RAILWAY. The half-yearly ordinary general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held yesterday, at the Company's offices, 449, West-Strand. W. Matthews, Esq., the chairman of the company, took the chair at one o'clock, and the usual formal proceedings having been gone through, The SECRETARY read the following report : " Since the last half-yearly meeting of the share holders, in February, 1849, the directors have the satisfaction to report that a small increase in the tonnage and revenue of the railway has taken place, and though that is but slight they are willing to receive it as an indication of a gradual revival from the depressed condition under which the district through which the line passes has been for so long suffering, and on the prosperity of which the railway so much depends. The prospect too of an early opening of a contiguous portion of the South Wales Railway, it may be reasonably expected, will be the means of openi ng extended markets for the produce of the district, and materially increase the traffic on the line. " The directors will embrace every practicable opportunity of availing themselves of any advantages that may offer. " The accompanying statement of the last half year's receipts and expenditure having been examined and approved by ti.e auditors are submitted herewith fur your consideration and approval. " It will be observed by an inspection of these ac counts that the small increase of revenue has been more than counterbalanced by the unavoidable pay ments of the past half-year, of which those for rates and taxes form the chief item. Appeals have been made against some of those assessments, and a par tial reduction obtained. "It is hoped that a still further diminution may be effected in these branches of expenditure. " The net profits available for a dividend for the half-year are 1,1191.145. 3d., and the directors recom mend that a dividend at the rate of 2k per cent. per annum upon the paid-up capital of the company be de clared (without prejudice to the claims made on behalf of the holders of the new paid- u p s t oc k crea t e d un d er the Amalgamation Act), amounting to 941/. 17s. 7d., which will leave a balance of 1771. 16s. id., which it is proposed to carry to the credit of the reserve account. " In compliance with the wish of the proprietors at t h e last general meeting, the Bill then before Parliament for an extension of time for the exercise of the powers granted under th e A c t o f I ncorporat i on w as immediately withdrawn and no further expense incurred. " As regards the engineering department of the line and port, the directors have now to report, in refer ence to the first, that every care and means h ave b een taken to sustain and improve th e roa d f or th e conve nience of the existing traffic, it being considered pru dent to defer any extensive alterations until the opening of the South Wales Railway shall have indicated their extent and character. As regards the port, some further outlay this summer has been made in the breakwater, which has been added to the capital account, and what has been expended in filling up the interstices of the stones of whi c h it i s f orme d w i t h con crete, an operation found most effectual in pre venting their displacement by the effect of the bois terous falls experienced on the South Welsh coast. This point is referred to more at length in the report of the directors in August, 1848." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption, printing, and circulating of the' report, said, that with reference to the prospects of the company, although he could not congratulate the shareholders on a very large dividend. He thought, considering what had taken place in the railway world, that they might consider themselves in a position of safety. The iron and coal trade had been in a fearful state, especially in the neighbourhood of this railway, yet he thought they might safely calculate they could get a dividend of 21 per cent., and that that could be increased. There had been a considerable increase in the traffic and tonnage of the company during the last half-year, and he thought that such being the case, they might look to better things still.—(Hear.) He trusted they had seen the worst. The dividend proposed was 2} per cent. for the year, or 11 per cent. for the half-year. The adoption of this course might and had led to discussion between the old and new proprietors, and the anxiety of the directors was to have the matter put upon a proper basis. The laair man, after alluding to the Parliamentary position of the company, concluded by moving the adoption of the report. The Rev. Mr. KNIGHT entered his protest against the dividend proposed, on behalf of the proprietors, and the Rev. Gentleman, after asking several ques tion of the Chairman relative to the expenditure and expenses of the company, wished to know in what position they were with respect to the South Wales Company. He wanted to know whether they owed the South Wales Company 6,0001., or whether that company owed it to them ? The CHAIRMAN, having in detail answered the question of the Rev. Proprietor with respect to the expenditure and expenses, said that he did not think it wise or prudent at present to enter into the ques tion of the connexion of this company with the South \Vales Company, but this he would say, that the attention of the directors was alive to the subject, and when the question was ripe for discussion at a general meeting the directors would offer no opposition to that discussion. The report was then agreed to, as was also a dividend at the rate of 2f per cent. per annum for the last half-year, some of the old proprietors present entering their protest against it. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT, NE W COURT. (Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman MUSGROVE. Joshua Simmons, 31, a dealer in all sorts of things in Field-lane, Holborn, was indicted with stealing, on the 26th of July last 40 yards of doeskin, value 51. los. the property of Joseph liartrum and Co., who are large woollen-drapers on Holborn-hill. Mr. Ryland and Mr. Laurie prosecuted for the City, and Mr. Clarkson defended the prisoner. From the statements of counsel, and the evidence ad duced, it appeared that on Thursday, the 26th of July last, the day of the memorable rain and hail storm in London, two of the City police in plain clothes saw the prisoner on Holborn•hill, about half past three o'clock, with a bag on his back, they asked what he had got there, and he said some stuff for making trousers, which he had bought of a person in the street, whom he said he did not know. lie was asked what he gave for it. He refused to say, stating he would answer no more questions. He was then taken into custody by one of the officers, while the other went to search his house. The prisoner afterwards effected his escape, and upon being retaken by the officer he struck him severely in the head, and nearly knocked his eye out. Some of the partners in Mr. Bartrum's stated that they had missed property like that produced from their house in Holborn, and that they believed it was theirs. Mr. CLARKSON addressed the jury for the prisoner, and called several witnesses, one of whom swore' that the property alleged to have been stolen by the prisoner was offered to him for sale by a person he did not know, and the others gave the prisoner a good character. Mr. RYLAND having replied, The RECORDER summed up, and The jury, after a few minutes' consultation, ex pressed their wish to retire, and were accordingly locked up. The jury retired at one o'clock, and did not return into court until half-past five, when they found the pri soner Guilty on the second count, of the receiving know ing it to have been stolen. Sentence was then postponed until this morning, when the police will put the Court in possession of the facts connected with the career of this man. A SCENE IN COURT.--A gentleman entered the box to complain of the conduct of a person then in court. He stated that he was a surgeon named Howlett, en gaged on a case then waiting to go before the grand jury, and the person whom he complained of had at tempted to withdraw the prosecutrix in the ease, and repeatedly asserted it was a case got up by the surgeon and police to get expenses. The RECORDER observed that it was a most dis graceful affair, and proceeded to examine the witnesses on oath. Policeman D 212 stated he was near the defendant when he said to the prosecutrix, " This be d—d, it is a trumped up case by the surgeon and police. I shall go out of this door, you follow me." Upon witness telling him of the impropriety of his conduct, he told him to mind hi.; own business, and took his number. Policeman 89 D corroborated this statement. The RECORDER (to defendant)—You stand committed. Defendant (most violently)—lt is all false and unjust. The RECORDER —Your are committed ; what is your name ? Defendant—Charles Fricken. The RECORDER—Where do you live ? Defendant— " Newgate," at present. The defendant was forcibly removed, protesting violently against the injustice of the case. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. LAMBETH. John Parry Hening and and Henry Roberts, who have been previously examined on a charge of obtain ing money under false pretences, the former repre senting himself as the secretary, and the latter as col lector, of the Animals' ,Friend Society—which had no existence except is n ame—were placed at th e b ar before Mr. N or t on f or further examination. A third prisoner, named Thomas Croton, who was also represented as a collector to the society, was also charged with a similar offence. Mr. Thomas Stevenson, of 37, Upper Grosvenor street, surgeon, deposed, that about eight or t en weeks ago a coll e ctor belonging to the "Animal's Friend Society," or who said he was so, called at his house and he paid him a subscription of five shillings, and also req ues t e d th e man to send the secretary to him to explain the particulars and objects of the society, as he felt anxious for the welfare of such an object. Some days after the prisoner Hening called, and, representing himself as the secretary of the " A n i ma l' s F r i en d Society," said, the society was older th an th e Royal Society, and produced a printed book, in which appeared the names of several respectable gentlemen as committee- men, &c. He told Hening on that occasion that if some of the com mittee-men called upon him, he should be glad to co operate with them in carrying out the objects of the society, and should exert himself, through his friends, to get subscriptions for its use. No member of the committee, however, called on him, nor had he seen the prisoner from that time to the present. He had not given the prisoner Hening the slightest authority to place his name, as he had done, in the printed list of the committee-men of the society, nor had he the slightest knowledge of the fact of his having done so until Horsford, the Mendicity officer, called on him and produced the printed list. He (Mr. Stevenson) parted with the ss. subscription upon the belief that the gentlemen whose names appeared as committee men really were committee-men for the management of the so c i e ty. Mr. Rich a rd Th om as Hicks, who described himself as a commission agent, and whose name appeared in the list of committee-men for the management of the would-be soc i e ty, a l so declared he had not g i ven Hening a n y authority so to use his name. Horsford, the active Mendicity constable, said that, in consequence of the receipts fur the different sums of money received by the prisoner Croton on account of the society, he tounk that person innrning in his garden. On telling him what the charge against him was, Croton said that he had been employed by Hening, who had for some time lodged at his mother's house, to collect the money, and what he got, with the exception of his commission, he paid to that person; and added, he wished he had never seen Hening. The prisoner Croton said it was true enough he had received the money, and paid it over to Hening, who paid him 103. out of the first pound, and 20 per cent. on the remainder. Horaford said he had received a letter from Mr. Gompertz, who had been for some years connected with the Animals' Friend Society, to which he wished to direct his Worship's attention. He here handed to the magistrate the following letter, which Mr. Norton read aloud : "Oval, Kennington, July 30, 1849. " Sir,—l beg to inform you that you are in com plete error about our society, the Animals' Friend Society,' which is not defunct; you have confounded it with a pretended society set up by our own men against us. I have sent you our report N o . 15, an d refer you to the caution in it, page 8. I have also sent you a printed previous caution, and particularly request the favour of its being returned to me, as it is the only copy I have left. Our office is 457, West Strand.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, " LOUIS GOMPERTZ." Horsford, in continuation, said that in consequence of this letter, and from the fact of its having been stated by Hening, Croton, and others that his society was defunct, he had felt it necessary to summon Mr. Gompertz to this court, in order that he might con tradict the fact, as his Worship might deem such contradiction evidence, or, at all events, to give some explanation of the matter. Mr. Louis Gompertz, an aged Jew, here got into the witness•box, but was not sworn. He said he knew the prisoners Hening and Croton, from their having been at one time employed by a man named Gibling, who had been connected with his (Mr. Gompertz's) society, but he had since denounced the whole of the parties, and published a caution to the public against them as impostors receiving money on account of the society for which they never accounted. Hening (to Gompertz)—You know you are the biggest swindler of the lot ; and if justice was done to you, you should be where I am, in the dock. Mr. Gompertz went on to say that it was through his exertions that the Animals' Friend Society had been established, and that he seceded from the Royal Society on account of some difference of opinion about its management. He said the former as well as the latter society was still in existence, and its office was at 457, West Strand. Hening—Your Worship, it's no such thing. There was a place there that Gibling and myself took for him ; but it's as black as my hat, and there is not room to whip a cat in it ; and it is merely kept for the purpose of receiving subscriptions. I can assure you, sir, that Gompertz (and he knows it) has had no society for some years ; and the place in the Strand has been kept up, as I said, for the purpose of receiv ing subscriptions only ; and I will repeat that Gom pertz is more to blame than any one. Horsford here also made some observations not very complimentary to the character of Mr. Gompertz. Mr. NORTON, addressing Mr. Gompertz, said he thought it right to mention, that on a former occasion it had been stated that at a meeting of his (Mr. Gom pertz's) society a young man who was paying his addresses to his cook had been appointed vice-presi dent of a meeting and auditor of the accounts ; and under the circumstances he should like to be made acquainted with the names, &e., of the present com mittee of management. Mr. Gompertz here took the printed report of the society, and said the following were the members of the committee, viz., T. S. M. Forster, M.D., who is abroad ; Henry James Walton, Esq., a merchant's clerk, Dalston ; N. T. Grabble, Esq., a lawyer's clerk; Thomas Barker, Esq., newspaper-office; Baldwin 'Weatherston, Esq., clerk in the Patent office, Chancery-lane ; F. B. Gartz, surgeon, Brix ton-road ; and Sandgate, Esq , whose address he did not recollect. The last meeting of the committee took place at his (Mr. Gompertz's) house, Kenning ton Oval, three or four weeks ago, when only three members and himself were present. Two out of these three were the auditors, and he (Mr. Gompertz) was the treasurer. They had met to audit the ac counts, though they had not 6d. in their coffers, but on the contrary were much in debt. The committee might not have met for twelve months before, and the place of meeting was at his house. Minutes of the last meeting were made, and he could produce the book containing them. Hening here said that the Mr. Grabble, dubbed an " esquire," was merely a lawyer's clerk out of place, who was paying his addresses to Gompertz's cook, and the others who were set down as committee-men were men about equally respectable. Mr. NORTON, in remanding the case, put it to Mr. Gompertz whether, after the exposé that had taken place during the examination, it was prudent or politic to continue to collect subscriptions for the society ? - Mr. Gompertz asked if his Worship meant by this that the society should be done away with ? Mr. NORTON replied that he did not see the use of going on with it, as, according to his own showing, they had not a sixpence, and therefore he thought it should be discontinued, at least for the present. Mr. Gompertz said he could not think of this, or something like it, and left the court in a state of great nervousness. INDEPENDENCE OF HUNGARY MEETING AT SUNDERLAND. A public meeting of the borough of Sunderland took place on Monday evening last, to consider the propriety of publicly expressing their sympathy with the Hungarians in their present struggles ; and of memorialising the Queen to recognise their indepen. dente, and to enter into commercial relations with them. The meeting was called by the Mayor in compliance with a requisition most numerously and respectably signed. It was held in the Athenaeum, the large hall of which was filled in all parts, between ten and twelve hundred persons being present. The Mayor, Joseph Simpson, Esq., having been called to the chair, and several speakers having ad dressed the meeting at great length, the following re solutions were adopted with great applause := " That as Englishmen —as lovers of all freedom, civil and religious—as true conservatives, and as friends of progress—this meeting feel it a sacred duty to express their earnest, entire, and unreserved sympathy with the Hungarian struggle for independence, and their humble and hearty admiration of Hungarian heri•ism." " That we look with deep abhorrence upon the savage and horrible manner in which Austria carries on the war, and as friends of the rights of nations, and of the freedom of the world, emphatically protest against the unrighteous intervention of Russia." " That a petition be signed by the Mayor on behalf of this meeting, and that it be presented to the Queen, praying the Government to give an emphatic expression to these universal feelings of the people by immediately recognising the de facto government of Hungary." A subscription was entered into on behalf of the Hungarian fund. MEETING AT SOUTHAMPTON. Southampton has, like many of the other towns of the kingdom, spoken out on behalf of the patriotic Hungarians. The inhabitants assembled in public meeting on Tuesday evening, in the Town hall, which was filled to overflowing with an earnest and enthusiastic auditory. The meeting was convened by the Mayor (George Laishley, Esq.) in accordance with a requisition signed by nearly 100 of the most respectable inhabitants, including the sheriff of the borough and twelve other members of the town coun cil. Amongst the gentlemen present were (in addition to the Mayor) the sheriff, the late mayor, Mr. Alder man Brooks, Mr. Alderman Palk, Mr. Councillor Clark, Mr. Councillor Ellyett, Mr. Councillor Morse, the Rev. T. Morns, the Rev. A. M'Laren, the Rev. J. C. Richmond (of the episcopal church in America), Lieutenant General Thackeray, and others. Many excellent speeches were made, and were re ceived with great applause by the audience, who entered with great war m th a n d enthusiasm into the spirit of the meeti ng . Th e f o llowing resolutions were unanimously adopted : " That this meeting, fully recognising the right of every independent nation to regulate its own internal affairs, views with feelings of abhorrence andindigna tion the unjust and unprovoked invasion of Hungary by the armed hordes of Russia, and desires to record its most sincere and earnest sympathy with the brave and patriotic Hungarians in the heroic efforts they are making to preserve their national independence and free institutions from the destruction with which they are threatened by the two leviathan despotisms of Europe.' " That a memorial, expressive of the sense of this meeting, and signed by the Mayor on its behalf, be pre sented to her Majesty, through her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, earnestly praying for the immediate recognition of the de facto Govern ment of Hungary, as a measure called for not less by justice and sound policy than with a view to put a stop to the sacrifice of human life, and the horrible atrocities which have marked the progress of the invading armies through so many of the towns and cities of Hungary." " That the best thanks of this m eet i ng b e given to the conductors of the Daily News, The Sun, and the other metropolitan and provincial journals, in which the cause of this gallant people has been honestly and fearlessly advocated." DEATH OF THE DEAN OF TUAM.—The Very Rev. Dr, Carter, Dean of Tuam, died on Sunday last, at Kingstown, where he had been staving for the benefit of his health. The deceased had nearly completed his hundredth year. SUN WORSIIIPPERS IN BALLINROBE.—There is a new sect springing up in Ballinrobe, called the " Sun Worshippers," who celebrate or offer their saerificee.; in the unfinished walls of the new chapel; they have seceded from the parish chapel within the last month,—Mayo Constitution. GREAT ROWING MATCHES. The got N Fli(!i 11 en;fr , ,,s, , (l :he ::•.toution of , ]criltic off yesterday, and attracted the attention of some thou sands of persons. The first of these was a match for 2001., between Thomas Coombes. of Westminster, the brother of the champion of the Thames, and Thomas Mackinney, of Richmond ; the distance contested }Aug from Putney bridge to the Ship at Mortlake. The first-named of these men has been so often before the public, fur many years, in various gallant contests, as to need but little comment upon his performances, save that he has esta blished for himself considerable fame, and has invari ably exhibited great stamina and game. The other first distinguished himself about four years ta...e.0 as a winner of the coat, badge, and freedom presented by Mr. Evan Mori is, at the Thames Regatta, and in the same aquatic festival of last year rowed second to Doubledee is the great picked scullers' match. So great was the interest excited that there was no less than four steamers chartered upon the occasion for the conveyance of company—the Childe Harold, Lalla Rookh, Cardinal Wolsey, and Starlight ; and as the time approached for starting the Watermen's race, these, together wish a vast number of other boats, large and small, including the brilliant Leander club, the Thames, Cloanthus, Hearne, Lord Kilmorcy's, with the noble owner rowing stroke, moved towards Putney bridge. _ _ Shortly after five in the evening the two crack water men made their appearance in very beautiful light out rigger wager boats. Coombes, who is upwards of thirty years of age, weighed a trifle above 9st., while his op ponent, who is between five and six years his junior, ex ceeded him by more than a stone. Both appeared ex tremely confident, and looked in first-rate condition. Betting was very brisk at evens, Coombes for choice, but in many instances he was backed at guineas to pounds. Coombes bad been trained by his brother, the champion; Mackinney, by the celebrated Robert Newell, who has two or three times contended unsuccessfully against Robert Coombes for the championship. N. Rolls was umpire for Coombes, Doubledee for Mackinney, and Mr. E. Searle undertook the responsible office of referee. At about twenty minutes to six the men effected a capital start, Coombes, having the choice of station, taking the Middlesex side of the centre arch of Putney bridge, his opponent the opposite side of the arch, towards the Surrey shore. Coombes immediately took a slight lead, having the nose of his boat two or three feet in ad vance in an instant, and in the next making a slight in crease upon that. The advantage, however, was but trsn sient, for in the next half-dozen strokes Mackinney was scull and scull with him, and continued to apply himself so vigorously to his work that opposite Messrs. Searle's be had drawn his boat clear of his adversary. Coombes then made a most gallant effort to overhaul his oppo nent, but the pace of the latter was too good for him, and Mackinney gradually drew foot by foot farther in advance throughout the match, being about a couple of lengths and a half ahead of the Crab Tree, nearly double that distance at Hammersmith-bridge, and improving upon that at almost every stroke. Although Coombes now and then, by a desperate effort, gained a trifle, he was unable to maintain it,and Mackinney won by twelve or fifteen lengths, completing the distance, upwards of four miles and a half, in twenty-five minutes and a few seconds. The steamers, as well as the vast number of horsemen who had accompanied the race up the towing-path and bank, then waited until the tide turned for the second race. This event had also created considerable interest. The competitors were Messrs. Harpour and Ravenshaw, against Messrs. J. G. and J. D. Chillingworth. All four have acquired great celebrity as gentlemen amateurs, and have contended for two or three seasons past in various great regattas. The first-named pair reside at Richmond; the latter at Teddington ; and as they were considered to be extremely equal, they determined upon the present race for a pair of silver cups. Betting was upon Messrs. Harpour and Ravenshaw for choics. The course was from the Railway Lodge, at Barnes, to Hammersmith-bridge. They started vefy evenly, the Chillingworths, the younger of whom -rowed stroke, taking for the first few strokes a very trifling lead, Messrs. Harpour and Ravenshaw, the former in the bow, went to work in fine style, and a gallant race for a short time ensued, in the course of which Messrs. flarpour and Ravenshaw drew slightly in advance, and appeared to be improving their advantage, when the Messrs. Chillingworth wt-re crossed by a boat, which fouled them, and stopped their way for a few yards. They soon went to work again, and, notwithstanding their mishap, made some very gallant efforts to overhaul their opponents, but failed, although they, towards the last, materially shortened the • distance between the two boats. Messrs. Harpour and Ravenshaw won by three or four lengths. The gentlemen exhibited first-rate style. The winners rowed in a boat built by the emi nent Searles. THE ISLINGTON CATTLE MARKET - A SCHEME FOR A SOUND JOINT. STOCK ASSOCIATION. Notwithstanding the vast amount of capital which has been absorbed in railwaays and other important works, there is a superfluity of money for investment, as a re ference to the City article of any paper, or a communi cation with bankers or brokers, will readily prove. The disinclination to embark in any new undertaking which may be brought forward manifestly arises from an ap prehension of incurring those responsibilities which have fallen so heavily upon many persons, in conse quence of the hasty and inconsiderate manner in which schemes of every description were engaged in in the year 1845. In contemplating the responsibilities arisin out of that period, the capitalist who, s e e ki ng t o avoid liability, is nevertheless desirous of investing beneficially, will inquire how it arose that persons found themselves so unexpectedly involved; and he will find that it mainly originated in the want of caution which induced them to take shares in various undertakings, regarding only the first payment, and not sufficiently considering the future calls to be made upon them. If a man takes fifty shares of 201. each, with a deposit of 21. per share, his attention is mainly directed to the payment of the first 1001., and he reflects but little upon the remaining 9001. which has to be paid at some future time. When that time arrives, he discovers that he has made a great mis take in failing to consider, when he took the shares, whether he had 1,0001. available for the purpose. The great difficulty now felt by capitalists is the want of a channel in which to invest, without the fear of further responsibility of this kind; and the first, and seemingly the best plan to meet this difficulty, which we have seen is that of the Islington Cattle Market and Abattoir Company. The shares in this company are fixed at 11. only, to be paid at once. By this plan future calls are pre vented, with all their train of evils. The person who has 5/., 201,, or 501. to spare, can in♦ est it without the slightest apprehension of being called upon at an incon venient moment far a further contribution. We are much mistaken If this principle will not be generally adopted, as being calculated to meet the circumstances of the times. One word as to the merits of the Islington Cattle Market and Abattoir Company. The scheme is car tainly legitimate. There is a valuable property already in existence, with the privileges of a market conferred upon it by Act of Parliament. The buildings are al ready erected—the work is done —as, so soon as the purchase is completed, the shareholders will be in pos session of the estate, which is now producing a certain amount of revenue, and which would be greatly in creased by the removal to it of the business of Smithfield market, which it is proposed to effect in the next session of Parliament. It is not a little singular that Liver pool should have formerly been situated precisely as London now is. The cattle market was in the centre of the town; it has been removed to the suburbs; and the result is that the 251. shares pay a dividend of 2/. Bs. per share per annum (upwards of 10 per cent.) exclusive of the abattoirs, which are paying 20 per cent. in addi tion to the shareholders. The butchers of the metropolis are a numerous, opu lent, and influential body, upwards of 1,500 in number. They ought to have a voice in the management of the great metropolitan cattle market.—Atlas. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM, AUG. 23.—At Glocester and Worcester markets, on the 18th, the wheat trade ruled dull, but no reduction from the previous week was submitted to on any description. Barley, nominally unaltered, with a limited sale. Fine oats in demand at full ;prices, but inhqiur were neglected. Beans taken in retail at quite as much money. Peas rather cheaper. New wheat sold at ss. Bd. to 6s 23 per 621 b. During the present week the weather has been very fine, yet no reduction has been submitted to on the sales made, which have been chiefly of Polish Odessa. A few parcels of heavy grinding barley have changed hands at former prices. At this day's market there was a small attendance, and the wheat trade ruled dull at the currency of this day se'ennigbt. Barley rather lower. Oats 6d per quarter cheaper. Beans maintained their value. Peas neglected. BRISTOL, AUG. 23.—The weather during the past week has been fine, and with a good supply of old English wheat the trade has ruled dull at is per quarter under previous prices. At this day's market a few samples of new have appeared, which were readily taken at 5s to 5s 3d per imperial bushel. For foreign the demand continues circumscribed, also at fully is per quarter under last week's prices. At this day's market English new wheat fetched from 38s to 44s per imperial quarter; foreign wheat, 47s to 50s per 4801 b.; ditto red, fine qua lities, 43s to 455; ditto red, ordinary qualities, 38s to 41s; ditto hard, 35s to 38s. Flour is dull of sale—Eng lish seconds, 30s to 32s per sack; American sweet, 23s to 25s per barrel. For grinding barley there has been a moderate inquiry; English malting, 27s to 30s per impe rial quarter; ditto and foreign grinding, 20s to 255 per 4001 b. In oats, beans, and peas there is but little pass ing; oats, Devon and Welsh, 18s to 19s per imperial quarter; Irish white, 20s to 21s per 3201 b; ditto black, 17s 6d to 18s 6d per imperial quarter; foreign, none; beans, English, 28s to 34i per imperial quarter; foreign, 25s to 28s per 4801 b. The arrivals for the week end,ng August the 23d have been—wheat, 416 barrels; oats, 94 barrels; barley, 1,400 quarters and 310 barrels; flour, 1,070 sacks. The averages for the week are—wheat, 38s; oats, 17s; beans, 32s 6d. . . BOSTON, AUG. 22.—Wheat, red 43s to 455, white 495; oats 14s to 21s; beans 32s to 35s per qr. SLEAFORD, AUG. 20 .—Wheat, white 47s to 495, red 44s to 465; oats 18s to 21s; beans 35s to 36s per qr. ALFonD.---Ayerages for the week ending Aug. 20-- Wheat 47s 9d; barley 25s per qr. LOUTH, AUG. 22.--Wheat 42s to 475; barley 23s to 265; oats 145 to 16s per qr. LYNN, AUG, 21 . —Wheat 40s to 445, fine 46s to 48s per qr. OAKHAM, AUG. 2 0.—Wheat 45s to 50s; barley 28s to 30s; oats 20s to 265; beans, 36s to 40s per qr. UPPINGHAM, Auo 22.—Wheat 44s to 475; barley 26s to 28s; oats 20s to 245; beans 33s to 36s per qr. Butter 10d to lld per 1b; eggs 20s for ls. MELTON MOWEJSAT, AUG. 21.—Wheat 488 to 50a; BIRTHS. On the 20th inst., at Breadsall Rectory, Mrs. Henri Crewe, of a son. On the 211 t inst., at Liverpool, Mrs. Frederick R. flog b of a son. f 0 On the 21st inst., at Rardean, Gl oces t ers hi re, the W i fe the Rev. E. Mansfield, of a son. tile On the 21st inst., in Davies-stre e t, B er k e l ey-squar e, wife of Dr. Woodfall, of a daughter. 1 On the 21st inst., at Frognal-lodge, Hampstead, Mrs. ri ati J. Fearon, of a son. MARRIED. On the 16th inst., at Leamington, Edward John Chanlb,f o ; E sq ., 50th (Queen' s O wn ) Regiment, to Anne Valenta ht eldest daughter of J o h n H unter, Esq., late Captain 3d Lib Dragoons. On the 21st inst., at Henley-on-Thames, th e Rev. Vte' derick Poynd er , to Julia Frances, eldest daughter of CaP — Clowes, of the Royal Navy. Sal ir ' On the 21 s t i nst., at St. George ' s Camberwell, Frank bury, Esq. of the Post-office, to Mary Anne, youlibost daughter of :6r. John Layton, of Camberwell. DIED. s t On the 13th inst., the lion. Cornelius O'Callaghan, e e son of Viscount Lismore, aged 90. r • e On the 14th inst., at St. Servan, i n F rance , A. Bridg et ' E-q., of Ystrad Wralt, Carmarthenshire, aged 47. On the 17th inst., at Henley-on-Thames, G. R. pear se° ' Esq., of Rotherhithe. On the 20th inst., Thomas Ho w , th e son o f Mr. add°Orr of her Majesty's Customs. On the 29th inst., Mrs. Mary Anne Rose, of Earring ° street, aged 56. on the 20th inst., at the Convent, Clapham, Mi ss 41311 07 Maria Browne, aged 33, a professed sister of the order Notre Dame. ‘s . On the 21st inst., at Canton-place, East India-road, M. Davies, of Crutched-friars. On the 21st inst., at Claremont- terrace, BarnsburY-r oaCit Miss Jane Deering, aged 83. t Of On the 21st inst., at Ruislip, Middlesex, Sarah, relic the late J. Tiplady, Esq., aged 77. On the 21st inst., aged 56, Charlotte, wife of the Rev- Williams, rector of Gedling, Notts. of London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUldo+l No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, 1STO• Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county BliddLenz, Friday, August 24,1849. barley 26s to 31s; oats 203 to 245; beans 34s to 38s rer qr. I fit to ;31 n ;,,)s 1-• -' to ols-3 5 qrs, 8;/ 7s (average 49s 1011.) NEWARK, AUG. 22.—Wnear, old white 503 to 524, new 433 to 50s, old red 48s to 50s, new 47s to 483; barley, old grinding 24s to 253, new malting 303 to 325; oats, old 22s to 245, new 20s to 21s; beans, cld 33s to 3 55 per qr. ROTHERHAM, AUG. 20.—Beef, 53 61 to 6s 61 per stone; mutton, 441 to 5d per lb. Cattle 219, sheep 2,100. DERBY, AUG. 21.—The supply of fat stock to-day was considerably improved, and the attendance of pur• chasers was tolerably largo ; the demand was not over brisk, but most of the animals were disposed o r. The number of sheep and lambs was about the average , without any alteration in the price. The veal trade yrs° some little improved. Fat pie,s were plentiful, and corn' pletely a drug. Beef, 43a1 to sd; Mutton, 41 to ; Lambs, 17s to 21s; Veal, 4il to 5d per lb; figs' 7s to 7s 6J per score. Rough rat. 3s 6d per stone, of 141bs. Hides, Ikd p er lb. C a lf -s ki ns, 2d to 3 1' per lb. GLASUOW, AUG. 22.—There is some progress making with the cutting of grain in the more forward localities at every favourable turn of the weather, which is still unsettled. Our supplies coastwise and from Ireland continue light ; from abroad, with the exception of about 8,000 barrels of flour, they we re i ncons id era bl e ; the foreign arrivals at Grangemouth comprised about 835 quarters of wheat, 936 quarters of beaus, an d 100 quarters of pea , . There has been some inquiry for wheat and flour during the week at last Wednesday currency. Other articles rul e d qu i e t. This day's/ market was thinly attended. Wheat, and the best brands of fl , ur, were held with more firmness, an d in 'some instances a alight advance was realize e • Barley without change. Oats and oatmeal dull of sale; and to make progress an abatement of 3d t o 6d Per boll or load respectively would have been acceeded s°' Indian corn neglected. EDINBURGH, Aun. 22.—The quantity of wheatbrough / forward this day was 428 qrs, being 140 qrs less tho last week. Top price the same, and , the average 7d OP —lOO qrs unsold. The quantity of barley brought kr ward was 149 qrs, being 188 q rs l ess th an l ast wee'' Price on the top is up, an d t h e average 6 d down---21, qrs unsold. Of oats we had 742 qrs brought forward, 1 26 qrs more than last week. Top price Bd, en ( the average 3d up-110 qrs unso ld . The quantity °• beans was 74 qrs, or 33 qrs more t h an l ast week, P O on the top the same, and the average 10d up-5 qrs s lll ' sold. Top of wheat 65ilbs 55s od ... Barley 56ilbs 30s Od ... Oats ••• 43ilbs 23s 4d ... Beans ... -671113 s 35s 6d EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, AUG. 22.—The suPPI of cattle this morning wa s 409, b e i ng 68 more t h a n ls% week. Top price of the b es t b ee f 7 s 6d ; current 6s 6' to 7s; middling and inferior 5s 6d to 6s per Dutch sW ii ,,, e ' s A great many unsold. The su pply o f s h eep an d lambs this morning was 5,775, bein g 1,577 more t h an l as t wee d• Sales for sheep again exceedi ng ly d u ll , an d at t h e clo7 . of the market a great m a ny were turne d out u nsold Lambs of the best kind s s o ld rea dil y at f u ll pr i ces, while n the inferior kinds were dull, and the' prices & W. ' Top price of the best mutton 50 per lb; current, 4}d t° sd; inferior, 3id to 4d. Lambs (top), 20s; current, 153 to 17s; middling and inferior, 5s to lOs a head. DUNBAR, AUG. 21.—Wheat, weighing 64Ibs, brotig h 51s, and prices to 42s Od; barley, weighing 0011* brought 00s Od, and prices to 00s Od; oats, t weighil 431bs, brought 21s 3d, and pri ces t o 20 s Od ; b e ans as pease, weighing 001bs, br oug ht 00 s Od , an d p r ices; " 00s Od. DUNDEE, AUG. 17.—Wheat, 46, Od to 49s 01;'for ei g: ditto, 47s Od to 50, 03; barl e y, 22, 0.1 to 23s Oci; 011 " , 18s 6d to 19s Od ; pease and beans, 23s Od to 25s 6d. CORK, Area. 22.—Flour—Firsts 14s Od to 14s 6d; extra $ 61 1 4 seconds. 13s 6d to 00s 03; households lOs to 12s; thirds, 7 s, t ! a t. per cwt. Oatmeal 12s 6d t o 00s; Indian mea l 6 s 6d t o 6 s 9d; wh en meal, lOs Od tolls p er cwt. Indian co rn 6/0 s Od to 6/ 530 d r e , ton. Bran 3110 s Od to 4/ per ton. Hay—Farmersl9s to 30 . 4, 2Ye e r.1 1s 21s ; dealers 45s to 00 s Od ; average 00s per ton. Straw--yBr1 a -0,1; 13s 03 to 27s Od ; average 17s ; dealers 30s 03 to 3 55 4 0; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to to household loaf 5d to sid per 41b. Fresh butter, „,,, d ie , 8d per lb. Eggs —4s Cd to 4s Id per hundred. t ' u ,,T a . - s tll Newport 14s; Lydney 16s ; Landore 14s ; Best P",,,t. Culm 13s per ton. Tallow 40s Od to oo s per je s t Whisky, 25 o. p., 6s Od per imperial gallon... ,r e to —Beef 4d to 7d; mutton 5d to 6d; veal 5 „,,r 7d ; pork 4d to sid ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages ut: rer lb. Hops 6/ lOs p er cwt . B angor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 3/ "se,a ton. Bark—Barbary 81 to 8/103; Valonia 141 to 0/ ; r re- s. 7/103; English 01 per ton. Fleece Wool lOs to 12s per 051, 4 1 Hemp 341 to 351 per ton. Fish— Seotch herrings 17, to 18 3 1 ditto 26s to 28s per ba rre l ; N ew f oundland 10/ 10s to 12`110; ton. Timber—Memel, 85/ per ton ; deals, first quell* ;6§; second quality, 16s per 100. Hid es— M arket 10 3 to ' salted 12s to 18s per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 2ad Pe r e " Potatoes, white 6d to 9d; Minions 00d to 00d; Peruvian, 11/ lOs; Ichaboe 91 per ton ; T s e—Arclaus' 191 per barrel. RAILWA.Y SHARE MARKBTS• LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was not so go,-- op), The sales are—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire (late C. 1 3y Ns' 6 per cent., 13—Great Northern (5 per cent. Preference) , ;WO —Ditto (Lancashire and York s hi re E x t ens i on ) , 1% d i e. — LO C 4 , 4 and Yorkshire, Fifths, Ditto, Fifths (West Riding 130' dis.—London and North-Western, 129—Ditto, New Quarters, %ion —Ditto, Fifths, 4% p.—Midland, Halves, 14% dis.—South-Dl' (0. and Dover (No. 4), 71. I s . 3d.—Y o rk , Newcastle, and BerwicS N. E. Purshase) 6 per cent. till 1850, 78s. 9d. dis. MANCHESTER, AnnusT 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as folloWis North British, Preference, 1-16 p.—Sheffield, Preference, 1 IN at l, North Staffordshire, 6 1-16 dis. —E as t L ancashire, New, 16 —Lerd, Fifths, 311-IG—West Riding Union, 4 11-16 dis. - Eastern Cowin , B%—Manchester and Sheffield, Ei g h t h s, 4.—Dover (No. 4), Scr ip ' BIRMINGHAM, Ationsz 23. STOCK EXCHANGE. —TiIe transactions to-day were as felloW2 -- , London and North-Western, 150 North Stafford hire, 6 . Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Preference (Scrip), 2/. 3s. 9d.—Stu shire Union 3 die. ex in.—South Staffordshire, 41. lis. 9d. YORK, AUGUST 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.--The transactions to-day have been low : —North British, 12 3 4—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (r" d castle Extension), 13%—Ditto (G. N. B. Purchase), 4%._.-rork North Midland, 25%. GLASGOW, AUGUST 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day" were as follow Caledonian, 42—Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 255. 6d.—G 13 1 5 , , Dumfries, and Carlisle, 4%—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and 21-Yrs Ditto, Halves (No. 1), 7. 0 4 2 HOP INTELLIGENCE.—WORCESTER, AVG. "" . . 1 Business continues brisk in our market, some extens i n 'a sales having been made on Saturday, both in new, a uf other hops, although the former have the call, espect oi l, first clxss samples, which are several shillings big and difficult to find even at the advance, the great bu r° being held by speculators for still higher rates. The n are are some reports of improvement, but opinions are a to cidedly against 7,0001. duty for the district In ha ve Borough market two pock e t s o f th e new growt h already appeared, one from Mr. Henry Smith, of Bt e ingham, Sussex, whi c h 'Came in on Friday, and sold gor 101 per cwt.; the other grown by Mr. Henman, of 9 1 j Peckham, Kent, app eare d th e f o ll ow i ng d ay an d rea lisi ,, t 111. 4s. per cwt. The duty for the kingdom is stead,' " 65,0001. to 70,0001. Worcester Journal. THE LINEN CABIRRICS OF IRELAND.—Not fleeted with her Most Gracious Majesty's recent visit ' f Belfast, it may be mentioned, that the chief supply cambric pocket handkerchiefs has long been drawn froo that quarter; for, by a return moved for by Mr. Alders man Sidney, M.P., the other day, it appears that Frail° has long ceased to supply any quantity, the return of ports ,t h l e 4 i , n 0 g 3 , 2 in ; 1 1 1 84 1 2 8 , 4 p 6 i e ( c w e s h eln2,tlh3e9; dutiesin l B w4 3e r , el 4 reduce ,3o7fdir,:, II 184 10,579; in 1847, 19 ,222; in 1848, 31,029. This lat e _ - increase is owin g t o a very light gauzy fabric colulZ into wear, not hitherto manufactured in Belfast. ~- 1 1 re-exports o f t h e F rench article have, of course, n 43; but limited ; i n 1 846, 23; in 1847, 206; in 1848, - pieces. DISCOVERY OF STOLEN FIRE-ARMS.—Mr• can, sub inspector of police. on Friday last proceed ( ' o f Ktllyon, King's County, where he found a quantiti„ fire-arms, which were concealed in a cave very art f u l constructed. Amongst the arms was the blunder b 1 0 0; sword, &e., whi c h were stolen sumo months ago fr° the residence of John Rutherford, Esq., KingsborOt l [ADVEATISEMENT.I—An Abscess in the B re trs Cured by Holloway's Ointment a n d Pil ls.—About three 9811/ since Mrs. O'Flaherty of Mill-street, Cork, a ccidenta,,a bruised her brea s t, f or mon th s a f terwards the pain incref,Po and the part becam e f ear f u ll y swo ll en ; various appliati°fr were tried without g i v i ng th e l east re li e f . U lt i mate l y all %is Ecess formed, dischargi ng a grea t quant i ty o f h umour , %Ol i o debilitated her c o ns ti tu ti on t o an a l arming ex t en t ; a t t stage a lady strongly recommended her to try Hollowsi s Ointment and Pill s , h av i ng w it nesse d t h e i r goo d effects ° former occasions, whi c h a d v i ce s h e followed, and these 0') , ; medicines answered m os t sa ti s f actor il y , f or t h e wound was of; healed, and her health i s now comp l ete l y renovated.—Sol d " all Druggists and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. ~- ~--