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.................'.. ~ e .,rf• r firm k; I) In share., 38 5 ; GO? - if; 11 4 1; 19uches0 1, 236; : u cs, 2 t . ; 1-VVI" r- 1 - ,iucoin' 5 lgg ir 3 2 7 13 , 1 3 : r, 4 24, yari l 53i.; 01 l i o uen Norther% Y tb° frorn 1)1 o f the billi at o pe, rtarli 3ilen CV d hmer l oc joilltl. o o addi ti ope l niq t ell. i _4l the 00,01-, oil l e ~.ehog Weal r t b. ess In lei Ins At, b ;11 is u {VP ni ports ° 11 0 far 119 . i isfactf o i l i as e I s e f T h So u 1010 , "b 0 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE f LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANK. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) t A gereral meeting of the Shareholders of the Cam? C HESTER SPRING MEETING , 1843. pant , was held yesterday. in the hoard-room of th e b an k, handicap f or t h e e ' hester Cup:—Alice Hawthorn, to receive the report of the Directors, end to deer aged, lOst—Poige a - hallaele 4 yrs, 9st 21 h—Cerranna, five Directors in the place of those who went out by ro -5 ars, Bst lelb-7anoni 4 • 8 - t I e lb — Gorhatubur3-. tation, yrs 8 t , ''. . ' )''' ' - . 5 yrs, ,s • 1 -.lb—Aristides, 5 yrs, Bst 121b—The Era, Mr. J. T. Oxlee- haying telsen the chair, the following re , Bst 1 11b—lb 5 yrs, Bst 1016—St. Law- report was read bs' Mr. Boyle, the secretary : i ie e . : a ged, Bst 91b —Willi•ara le Gros, 6 yrs, Bst ;lb— " THE FIFTEENTH REPORT OF THE LONDON JOINT LO tull'aSr" r' 5 yrs, Sst ';lb—Truehoy, 5 yrs, Bst 51b— STOCK BANK. i i , ta io, 5 yrs, 824 51b—The Cure, 4 yrs, Bst 41b— " The Directors have great pleasure in again meeting s o in n ' 4 Yrs, Bst 41 b—leboractun, 6 yrs, Bst 31b—Coun- the Shareholders, to place before them ex ab de p r i a ' 6 Yrs, Bst 21 b—Parthian, 5 yrs, Bst 216 Comte ;tracts ef liabilities and assets of the bank, V on the 3lst of :I(ll*es' 5 yre, Bst 211, led Deer, 1 yrs, Bst—Dis- December last, and el' the profit and hies account for the cord, Serenelyrs, 7ss ielh--Mickey Free, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b— half-year ending on that day. 4 4 Yrs, 7st 121 b —Velesian, 4 yrs, 7st loth—lrene, "By the last- mentioned account it will be Seen, that Gu ts, 7st 121 b—Morpstli, 4 yrs, ist 111h—John o' after deducting the current expenses, the proportion of _ e l l !' a;sced, 7st 101 b—General Pollock, 5 yrs, 7et 101 b building and parliamentrry expenses, bad debts, income . ", Lest of Three, 4 yrs, 7st leilh—Teghtnine tax, and rehate of interest on billsnotdue, there remained . 1 1 1, 3 ,Z' it., 75 . 101 b—Sealteen, '6 yrs, 7st 91b—Peter b the' ' a disposable net balance of 18,3051. 16s. 1 el. Of this i s , , ,, , rntlii,heNria,,s 3-rs, 7st 9'h—Pleyfell ow , 6 yrs, 7st 81b— sum the Directors have applied 18,0001. for the payment yrs, est sib—Extempore, 5 yre, 7st elb— of the usual dividend, at the rate off!, per cent. per annum, 'Wh at '-' .) Yrs, 7st 811)-13:1 e Me mes , 4 y rs , e s t Sib— free fr an int:vie-tax, and have carried 305/. ifs. ld. to the j ll , e ,hs e n , ie : e s s ) '''''• 7 st 711 ) — (1m:der, 6 yrs, 7st 61b—The credit of the guarantee fund, with which, and the yrs, 7st elb—Alaneele, 4 yrs, 7st 61b— accumulation of interest, that fund has been nag , ______0e,t3:;177,01d,3,171:..., eib—The Artful Dodger, 6 yrs, 7st 51b taunted 1,6431 19s. 9d. during the half-year, being now an 6 yrs, 7et 5 1h—Purtobello, 5 yrs, 7st Sib 90,856/. Bs. .1)1'th• aged, 7st 2 1b—Beatrice (Irish), 6 yrs, 7st elb " The seats in the direction to be vacated on the pre ~:lllporound my Hat, 4 yrs, ist 21 b—Defende.r,aged, 7st— sent occasion are those occupied by Sir Felix Booth, 7 st-4 5 31 '•'• 7 st—Poussin, 5 yrs, 7et-1)r. Husbastd, 4 _yrs, Bart., William Miller Christy,Robert Ferrand. Gst ,e,,eoman ac Knuck, 4 yrs, ',Mt—Lord Saltoun, 4 yrs, Esq., William Ormsby Gore, Esq., M.P., and Sir Richard 6At , l ;';, t)— liarricaele, 4 yrs, est 1316 —Adriana mare, 6 yrs, Jenkins, G.C.8., all of whom have given notice that they ee,S,,ritn—Everten, 5 yrs, fist 121b—Vates, 4 yrs, est 121 b are candidates for re-election. ccsstteilolbl,ei=erelberland, 4 yrs, Est 121b—Idleness, 4 yrs, " The Directors have to report that their highly valued 'ortrttit, aged, 6 st 101h—Schoolboy, 6 yrs, friend and colleague, John Peter Darthez, jun., Esq., • 4 ~ , Cataract, 5 yrs, 6st 101b—T' Auld Squire, not having experienced the improvement of his health v e i . , r .'; fist 101h—Pride of Kildare, 4 yrs. Est 101 b— which he anticipated at the time of his late re-election, 6 st ,`, l . (late Sir Robert), 6 yrs, fist 91b—Vitula, 5 yrs, has considered it his duty to place his seat in the direc 6it ,'lLLittle Hempen), 4 yrs, 6st 916—Hemp, 4 yrs, tion at the disposal of the Proprietors, and he has ac -4 y rs, P ince Royal, 4 27rs, 6st 91b— The Dog Billy, cordingly sent in his resignation. 4y ts fist 916—Rowena, 4 yrs, 6st 91h—Crotan Oil, "In communicating this information, the Directors Gst 7,1,465 t 916 —Miltun, 4 yrs, Est Btb—Rowland, 5 yrs, feel that they should not discharge their duty, did they _.,stp6altbri--rArhee, Dean, aged, est 6th—Agriculture, 5 yrs, emit to testify to the great merits of Mr. Darthez, as yrs, est 61b—The Old Maid, 5 yrs, Est 61b Director of this Bank, and to the many advantages it leack hosec)t yrs, 6st 61h—Intrepid, 4 yrs, est, fib—Coal derived at its first establishment from his enlightened aliv e 4 yrs, fist 516—Seaport, 4 yrs, est 21b—Vol views, and subsequently from the attention and assiduity Ael e i e nt • 4 yrs, 6st 21h—Dr. Phillimore, 4 yrs, Est 21b— with which he endeavoured to promote its best interests. Per e , t ' l , 4 Yrs, fist 21b—Strathspey, 4 yrs, est—New " For the election of a gentleman to supply the vacancy 5 yrs e ' r, 4 Yrs, eet—Eittle John, 4 yrs. 651—Sinbud, which has been thus created, the Board have appointed 4y e Sit 1 211) —au. Jacket, 4 y rs, e st , 121e—Obscurity, a general special meeting of the Shareholders for Thurs -4 yr?' sit lelh—Celeste. 4 yrs, sst 121b—Susan, day, the 13th day of March next. The half-year's divi -4 yr " , sst 1011,— Arribition. 4 yrs, sst 101b—Stayley, deed will be payable on and after Friday, the 24th day lirie si esst 71 b—April Noddy, 4 yrs, Sit 71b— of January next." Pil z Ali •thr, 4 yrs, sit 71b—Sweetmeat, 3 yrs, sst 4ib— On the question that the report be received and ted u n, 3 yrs, sst—The. hermit, 3 yrs, sst—Young printed for the use of the Shareholders, bastes"' 3 yea, s st—Marrowfitt, 3 yrs, sst—Devil's Mr. Alderman 11. HuarrEs asked the Chairman to 8 3es, 5 3 ' r ' , s st—Robin Burns, 3 yrs, sst—Blunderbess, state, on the part of the Directors, if it was not incon lleirnste't•—liotanie, 3 yrs, s,t—RoOney, 3 yrs, sst—The sistent with their sense of duty to the Proprietors, what lane , 3 na " , 3 yrs. sst—Cabin Boy, 3 yrs, sst—Ould Ire- amount had been paid during the half-year as interest on leesse);s, s, t—Bastion, 3 yrs, set—Cluinsy, 3 yrs, 4st the monthly minimum balances ? 'es z l:l t sii t i ti l ' 3 , i s e P- 3 1 is 3 yrs, 4st selb—Mystery, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b The CHAIRMAN had no objection to give the informs yrs, eet lolb Secutor, 3 yrs. 4st 101 k— Lion ; the amount was 4,7611. 17s. a eta r ' the Rolls filry, 3 yrs, 4st 101b—Estelle filly. Mr. Alderman HUGHES asked chat was the amount A /to ; 4st 101h —Pug, 3 3 rs, 4st 81b—Sister to De,il paid during the corresponding period of the last year ? ...„4:xtgi. ellers 3 yrs, 4st 71b—Nereus, 3 yrs, 4st the 71b The CHAIRM AN said th a t it h a d b een state d_ a t t h e l ast T , the it,',;aganza, 3 yrs, 4st 71b. To declare on or before meeti ng at 5 0 , 739/ . t Peb ruary. Mr. Alderman HUGHES expressed the satisfaction 4 ffie rste 11UNTING APPOINTMENTS. which was generally felt by the Proprietors that the Wed -Le I'd"-, Mon., Packington Park Gate, 9i; Directors, in their wisdom, had thought fit to reduce the Sat SS Clifton Campirle• Thurs., Nailston Village; interest on these minimum monthly balances. . crtievde Lutterworth-104, ' Mr. CORNEY said the Shareholders had left it to the 1'4, 1 7 and Horsham hdse Mon., Charlwood Gate ; discretion of the Directors. He thought they had exer ticorneffrears,i'shit'e'avaddh:.i,dge Heath; eat., Plaw Hatch-10:i. cised a very sound discretion, and as long as the Conte Tues., Perrystone; Fri.,Yazor-104- pany had such Directors they could not leave too much inetholioneryshire hds., Tues., Coffronydd; Fri., Glen- in their hands. tre,e ton . 11 Mr. G. HARRISON said that he was one w w h h en o t h he a 3 d , Pr / a rm, Men., Patcham; Wed., Race Course; opposed the proposition, on the ground that . tre f t ' ) Yke. ce()elsbiede_liarrs., Moe., Newmarket Hill; Thurs., Tels- o h p a e d e la a i c d co d u o n w t n s, athgeeynesrhaLr ld ul t e ln a t, nd wi i t n n d n u n c t e t d he in d d ir iv e i s d t u n a e l e s es tf l'iru icei hel lYe ' sity, abrogate that rule. As traders in money who bad s et , .•••, Thalsehrtm; W«l., Washington Common; farmed a co-partnership, they must take the risk of that q r. ) thtchLng Bostilill. trade on their own shoulders ; they had no right, when re's • Gre e ' hdt., Mon., Brinkley ; Thurs., Harding the market was in their favour, to say the profit shall be W hit e n-I° l' (e,esheiaeen harrs., Mon., Kinniside; ours, a. nd when it was against them, to turn on the 'Wed., Wilton-10. depositors, and say the loss shall be yours. ha _ e.elrds., Mon., Crewe; Wed. Mere; Thurs., Dun- Dr. BOWRING considered that the Directors had come Si r e; i r l e t at-, Davenport Hill-101. to a most satisfactory determination. They could not w en n '; . • Wyr!ii's hds., Mon., Rough to Wed., adopt an immutable rule, like the laws of the Medes and Shri shir t p',; ( ,} ri e _C m rew_G h Feen; Sat., Hamner-10f. Persians, that, under ell circumstances, should the same stfine. l -1 es, M .„, C pnal . Wood; Wee., Hank-ai r e l _ ' Fri., Child's Ismail-10eamount of interest be exacted and paid. The Directors had very wisely and prudently preserved ax important inieely3etell's lids., Mon., The Spread Eagle ; Thurs., principle : they had given the depositors great advan borrin, 3'; Sat., Loxley-101. tages by allowing them some benefit from their balances, de _ 4ton hds., Mon., Col ton Hall; Wed., Chaddes- but at the same time they had done Justice to the Pro le, de n hall Sat., Clifton Village-10i. prietors, and he regretted thitt they had not persisted in , forT li nd r . l , er's hds., Mon., Monks Wood ; Wed,, Brands- modifying the principle by which depositors benefited 'Lie lue s; Sate The Lislsey—to, " from those frequent changes of the market to which b eeo e, hds., Tues., Oakes ; Fri , Sibdon-10. every institution like this must be subject. Tisveartat7onl(.l2dah%eslnlget,neigiLi h u ir s e c n o s tn e. he ; ihurs., Stover Lodge ; Mr. HABLOCIE rose to make some observations re tMoo_r ; Sai'. specting that part of the report which alluded to the re ,l,ohiiirealiuntshain Castle ; Thurs., Gibbet signation of Mr. Darthez. He was glad to see that the roae_ toi mile -stone on the Hampton new Directors had omitted any recommendation to the Share- Alhrighton 'lols "r holders as to filling up the vacancy caused by such re- Sat., Kennel s c07.n., Highgate e e inestead le iderness hds M ; Thurs., Longford ; signation. Thur s w• " one Scor;hrtecti Tu ri es.,.Kilnwick Percy; The CHAIRMAN stated that the vacancy caused by Lowthorpe I 1 hall Mr. Darthez's resignation would be filled up at a future .11( ge ' eningholme ; Sat., day. Lord Yarhoroto,h' . 1)r. BOWRING asked whether it was not desirable that Wed., W ' hcis" 14". -edcllethorpe ~ Roads -11 o h o d t s t .7 H ouse ; ~ S w allow Cross Roads ; the report of the Directors should be distributed to the e ri., Greyinghecm Cross Shareholders two or three days before the public metehte s_riloward Inn ; ing. It' this Company had been instituted within would have become 1,-Irri°nreYhinrrioor Build • Wed., Castle last six months, such a proceeding . 31 • bra,e s ho ,-, Sirdsale House•--14. imperative, for there was a provision in the New Joint \\ ,strie ge Ank. 'se Jgon., Holnest Kennel ;". Wed., lien- Stock Companies Act, requiring the circulation of ac re. ~ ,e" counts previous to the general meeting. prl,l\to,rl(tiv.teotenshirll°enshed;s.l.,,hAnlrestn. , Hatton New Inn ; Tues., The CHAIRMAN said that the report would be pre , Hampton Lucy ; Fri., Comp- pared very soon after the termination of the half-year. e l l t t':t e, u rr P s ): , l Al S::t n t., Ea rn boro ugh-10f. - , Ac 0 1-10 f. upon the approaching election. I:ittilLit•aufort s Hs., Men., Lowerwoods ; Wed., Mr. Alderman H. HUGHES rose to order. 'esie l ark ; Fri., Bullavington ; Sat., Yate Turn- 'The CHAIRMAN repented that the day . specially ap• pointed for the election would be the time to discuss the Tie TA merits of the candidates. at e ' or te -T TERSALUS.—YESTERDAY. The question that the report be received, and printed ea r j""te eb"ree hedging bets agat hedger and Alarm, for the use of the Shareholders was then put and agreed to. b etr a ea ki tl i al odds than were procurable on Monday, The CHAIRMAN ine .III P, a ri P i l improvement in the Coe web colt. The up the seats in the direction, to be vacated by Sir Felix le t ' r eatie g. 0 a the whole it was excessively flat end un- Booth, Bart., Wm. Miller Christy, Esq., Robert Farrand, 'le ' s - (1 4"tiiti e t e °11 ehed un a few other Derby horses at the Esq., William Ormsby Gore, Esq., M.P., and Sir Richard 0 4 id a es e' s • For the Chester Cup 1,000 to 23 each Jenkins, G.C.8.; all of whom had given notice that they ,00 0 1 [l :' st Trueboy, Zanoni, and Clumsy ; 1,000 to were candidates for re-election. cep ;to lE C ataract The Era, and Barricade ; and Mr. V. KNIGHT had great pleasure in moving the re- Al ert 's le- e k e :Tit agst Maramat and Pt rtrait. The handi- election of those gentlemen. Res e for withgreat anxiety. The Derby Mr. Mooee thought that they could not re-elect those at the lox Close were .-- five gentlemen without inquiry. lie meant, as the names were put up, seriatim, to ascertain whether they properly attended to their duties. There was not a more respectable man in England than Mr. J. P. Darthez. Last year he had made kind inquiries after Mr. Darthez, and was told he had not been in England for two or three years, but was expected at the beginning of the year. He inquired again in July last, and was told they did not say the beginning of the year, but some time in the course of the year. There should be a book of attendance of Directors, or some such measure. The first gentleman now proposed for re-election was Sir Felix Booth. He begged to ask the Chairman whether Sir Felix Booth was a gentleman who attended to bis duties as Director ? Mr. HASTIE, a Director, said that the question was of that nature which would operate most powerfully on the minds of the Directors. He himself went to Scotland, probably fur three months in the year, and if his seat in the direction was to prevent his taking that vacation, he should at once say that it was impossible for him to act. He put it to the Proprietors whether such inquiries were at all desirable for the interests of the bank? Mr. CORNEY said that before the Chairman answered the question, it was expedient to take the sense of the meeting whether any answer should be given. Such questions might lead to consequences not beneficial to the interests of the Proprietors at large. It would be come a precedent, and it became a grave question whe ther such precedents were beneficial. The great point which the Shareholders had to consider was whether they were satisfied with the means adopted to promote their intereste. If they were satisfied, they ought not to be too minute in their inquiries respecting the attendances of Directors. A gentleman might be mere beneficially employed for the bank by travelling into Scotland than by remaining at home, and therefore it was no test of his efficiency to ask how often he attended the meetings of the hoard. Mr. Alderman HUGHES, in reference to the resigna tion of Mr. Darthez, thought that the Proprietors had been as handsomely treated by that gentleman as they could desire. It was announced at the meeting this time twelvemonth, that his resignation was to be ex- pected if he wits unable to attend, and he sent in his re signation accordingly. Mr. AMBROSE .MORE stated that he happened to be the chairman at the time Mr. Darthez's resignation was received. Ile knew it to be his spontaneous act, and that his most intimate personal friends at the board were not aware he was going to seed in his resignation. Mr. Moore put it formally to the Chairman what had been the nature of Sir Felix Booth's attendance? Mr. CORNET moved, as an amendment, " That the question be not answered." The CHAIRMAN having put the amendment, it was de cided in the affirmative, only three hands being held up against it. The original question, that the five Directors who had vacated be, re-elected, was then put and agreed to. Sir FELIX BOOTH said that when he was chosen Di rector, at the commencement of the year, he distinctly informed the Proprietors that his business would prevent his attending as closely us they proposed. If they re quired further attendance he was ready to resign his seat, but whether Director or not, he should always feel attached to the concern. Ile thanked the Proprietors in the name of the gentlemen who had been re-elected. Mr. HArteoca referred to the advertisement in which the Directors had recommended a candidate. He had always understood that the Directors were not to use righttheir influencejudgmentto n o f anybta in votes, or to int er f ere w ith th e individual. The CHAIRMAN said that nothing had been done on this occasion, except in strict accordaece with what had been done on former occasions. After some further conversation the Chairman put the question which was submitted by Mr. Moore, " That it is not expedient the Directors should recommend any of the candidates to the Proprietors on any occasion of v a cancy," and declared the motion carried, there being forty-nine hands held up in its favour, and thirty-one against it. There were some calls for a division, but it was not insisted upon. A Proprietor handed in a notice of motion for the next meeting to take into consideration the propriety of forming a fund for providing for retiring pensions for the clerks after long service. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman and Direc tors, and to Mr. Pollard, the Manager, and the meeting separated. 13 t O DERBY. 1 14 to i a gat Col one l Anson's Kidger—t. and aft. off. 17 to ' east M r . G reville ' s Alarm-15 to 1 taken 18 to 1 ag.t L ord Stradbroke's Idas—lB to 1 taken t o 18 a gat Lo r d C hesterfield ' s Pam 25 agst Col. Peel's Cobweb colt ;i3 to i agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Annandale 3 3 t u ° , i i , agst Mr. Jaques's Anti-Repealer —t. 33 to I 3 3 , 1 agst :Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa—taken aft, off . . aa 4 . ) 1 agst Mr. Gully's Old England —t. & 43 t ° 1 apt Lord Chesterfield's Newsmonger—t. to 1 4gBt buke of Richmond's Laird o' Cockpen -31 t i taken and afterwards offered , u , ° - agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit t'o' 1 agst Lord. Glasgow's bliss Whip colt—t. to t ° I 4 gst Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger—taken to t „ , bs Mr. °la at Ferguson's Clear-the-way—taken o ," t apt Mr. Lintott's Cabin Boy—taken 5- '.° 1 apt Lycl Miltown's Flahowlagh—taken. AKS. 7 t ° ltaakgenstiSoiri.s o A;ortMngton's Lancashire Witch— AT - --------"—LTHAM ‘,uI4ViIICI-I AND E— E. gt,„ STEEPLE CHAC time .tinAy.---This sporting avant . took placeto-day, I), I\ l 7 ' the able stewardship of Captain de Brinzy, R.A., L'r:tat ils')a and 8 jeff.rks E sqs . The races were well altd, there .being t sever ' al four-in-hands, Sze., on the 4 1 ,,, ' purse of 50Z h e e l stE dtes of 110 sous. each, with , r,,sFu, for any horse ; to carry 13st each 1 . Olb • 300 Z, 1-74.4 e sold for 500/ allowed 41b ; 4001., Winners if entered ' n '° ; 200/, 251.1) 1 501, 321 b ; 1001., 391 b. , C, ttcll3-te!,' 41 h ; *twice, ; 71b . extra. Four miles. 1 AI s'n Willi .' Albert (sold for 2001) (Mason),, 2 r w erns h (Noble) Mr, I:sh'Y's Brilliant ( 1 501.) (-• .. -oci (Owner) 3 . a )ri 8 111;11-Ian (1500 . (James) 0 k, . Ball's Student (1000 (Scott) 0 I.l.:ijlll(l,e7.s(,)n's Carlow (~000/.) (Bait) 0 t. / .: 'BMWS EXqUiSite (1501.) Afr,l 4 s Queen of Diamonds (woo , ( ( r enter) 0 k r. 1,!,V8 No-go (loot) Drewitt) 0 Air. Zn''"n't Pf.t Roony (1 ..... *********** Alr, jittle's Pickwiek (1501) (Carpenter) w) 0 (Oliver) 0 Ai r. , Tollitt's The Pony (100 C, . k i ,. e ,"• 1 ollitt's he p, (200/.) (Powell) 0 \-"Praore's Gay Lad(4001) ************ (Elmore) 0 (Carter) 0 Th. rerfection, Mooliraker, and Duprez paid. ith,l'tt'il came to the post, the flag was droppe d , • and l'ief,'„trY went at a good pace, Exquisite leading, It44th, ''e't second, Carlow third, and the Queen fourth, Ithers well up, and all clearing the brook, Exquisite IN ,:' to the third field. Mitre he refused the fence the '''''''w his rider ; the Queen then t(;ok the lead to I,;4'eorid turn, when Mason made running, followed by ell tll t i' l l ' 411(1 Brilliant, all three clearing .the brook a,, all thude time, When Mason gave his .rsche k t , rlt !' wiin half a mile of home, when away thi rd Old Won easily, Brilliant second, and Ragman Ret ard ti, oilers beaten oft The winner is in the A x„,°ll Steeple Chase. 4rtopstak,,3 ,„- 5 .1,. each, with 35 sovs. added by 114 r)fricera of woolwich, &c. Gentlemen• riders ; . 7lb each. Three wilvt• kirth4,,,Neale's buprez . . ..... (Captain Morritt) 1 fli Seobell's Cock ..... ... (Captain Broadner, ) 2 ,"•worth's The Colonel (Owner) dis NI 'l'rf Z took the lead followed Closely by Cock Rubin, h l '4 l 'i the same way thy went over the brook ; but oiti')lntiel fell in going over, and threw his rider, 4 (1 fl'e h+,ii've, was not hurt, as he quickly mounted I),p 11 Biel but his and in the race was out. ht.,211'2 kupt the lead, and at the is running CaPt• tii,dioner pushed his horse very much, but Duprez won NY, his rider pulling hard. Cock Robin carried 31bs 7.- P (% ra • ~~ -------,____--,-. ,;., _ -..:ENT INDIAN•RUBBER SPRIN G PEN.- 1 11 1)11 t1 ;ii'..draWbac!! to the use 4if steel pens is the want 144 t tArilllY w hick n qt.till poseses, and which even the till brain . rilltitr 1 , , hut thiK difficulty ha, at length been ,ii; „ ~( ny the ingenuity of Mr. Perry, who, by pre ,,,'lett.,;"..'74dtan-übb'er spring, obviates the scratching' 14,;:.N:Ilsvoidable. in metallic pens. Let any one w ho cii ti, , , 4,4111111. e excellence of these pens but Once try c1 t ,„.1 t c , ~i, doubts will be speedily removed. In ad thii Lutir ea se in . • • ' N% rit lug, they possess great 1,, ity . tll4'°lltit .' k . t qta., is IN CIIAMBERS.—Last evening, the Ntl.),)No 't Mr. Gordon, of Crown -office-row, Inner 1141•!.etti:)darriter, were, during his temporary absence, 440'htt Iti robbed of a handsome gold chronometer, and _,l,es of wardrobe ; yet much valuable pro 'red th!‘lt undisturhcd. From this fact it may be "(I''llitqaeat party was disturbed. • -,....-.... ELGIN BUIIGIIB,—We have authority to state, that notwithstanding various surtuizes and premature canvas sing, there is no prospect of an election for these burghs speedily taking place.—Elgin Courant. ~J v:l:{ HUNG fiIIFORD AND LAMR I ETII SUSPENSION FOOT •IM IDGF. COMPANY. n ß er Y al ß m A ee r t r i 4 n l g VA of ir t . ll67l 3 Nirii* Jri; .i ll . l :h e est ,4, 6l. y.kAohu daY ry-3,1 1 ,17..1ty_xa5.._ held .._a t AYlRStturyL..for the purpose of taki •pg into consideratiou what effect the projected Tring,Wo Ive rhampton, and Worcester Railway would have upon th r interests. Mr. W. Bickford oc cupied the chair. The CHAIRMAN at stcd that an offer had been made to the new.COMpany to asell their line for the cost price— namely, 60,0001., but their provisional committee had neglected to return a 'xeply. It would, therefore, be for the meeting to say wb letber the project should be opposed' in Parliament or not. Notice had been given to make use of four miles of f heir but as the new Company would take most of th eir trot:go,. they could not consent to this, unless the whole were purchased. The meeting appealing to concur in the view taken by the chairman, a...resolution authorising the Directors to take steps to opriose the new line was agreed to, on the motion of Mr. TiAdal,seconded by Dr. Lee. A meeting of the of this Company was terday held at the office in Villiers-street, Win. Haw, s, Esq., in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting, held on the 12th December, wore read and eoefirtned. The CHAIRMAN stated that the object of the present meeting was simply to confirm the resolutions agreed to upon the last occasion, which went to empower the Com pany to raise an additional capital of 10,0001. The Act of Parliament required that when any matter of this kind was brought before the Proprietors, a subsequent meet ing should be held to confirm the proceedings of the former court. Ile lout nothing to state beyond what he had stated before—namely, that they were obliged to go to Parliament to obtain an Act to complete their under taking. The Messrs. Tillett, acting under the advice of Mr. Whithall, the solicitor, had been induced to with draw from the friendly offers which had been made on the part of the Company. This, however, was a matter of comparatively little moment. Had the gentlemen agreed to the terms which had been made to them, the Company would have had to pay perhaps 500/., or above, which would have been more than the property was actually worth. To carry out the objects which they had in view, it would cost the Company some eight or nine hundred pounds ; but it was to be remembered that, under an Act of Parliament, no more than the actual value of property required would be given in the way of compensation. He should be very glad if the Company could have saved this outlay of money, but they had very difficult people to deal with. Gentlemen were aware that the Board of Trade were favourable to the extension of the South -Western Railway to the York road, and also to the Richmond line. which would join that railway at Battersea-fields. The Company had abandoned their intention of carrying on a branch from the York-road to Waterloo Bridge. Had that project been carried into effect, it must have been prejudicial to the interests of the proprietors of the Lambeth and Hungerford Suspension Bridge. The resolutions were put and confirmed, and were as follow : " Rsolutions of the Board of Directors, held the 16th day of January, 1845, for raising the additional capi tal of 10,0004, in pursuance of the authority in that behalf vested in them, by two special meetings of the Proprietors. " 1. That there shall be created 3,200 shares of 31. 2s. 61. each, to be called eighth shares. " 2. That on on before the 16th day of February next an instalment of 12s. 6d. shall be paid upon each such eighth share, to the account of the Company, at the Lon don and County Bank, 71, Lombard-street. " 3. 'That the remaining instalments to be called for upon such eighth shares shall be paid by the holders thereof at such times as shall be appointed by the Board of Directors, so that no such instalments shall exceed the sum of 10s. for each eighth share, nor shall be called for at a less interval than two calendar months after the then preceding call.; " 4. That such eighth shares shall be offered to the present Shareholders in the proportion of one for every existing share this day held by them respectively. " 5. That a copy of these resolutions shall forthwith be sent by post to each such Shareholder, to whom the secretary shall at the same time offer a number of eighth shares equal to the number of original shares this day held by such Shareholder. " 6. That in the event of any Shareholder failing for one month after such offer of such new shares to accept the same, and also to pay the said instalment of 12s. 6d. upon each gush eighth share to the account of the Com pany, at the London and County Bank, 71, Lombard street, the same shall be disposed of by the Company to any parties wishing to become the purchasers thereof, for such sum or sums as the Directors shall be able to obtain for the same, as and wherethey shall deem it ex pedient so to do." Mr. BUCHMASTER wished to know whether any ar rangement had been made with regard to the opening of the suspension bridge ? The CHAIRMAN said that the question which bad been put was one which it was difficult to answer, but the Directors saw no reason why it should not be opened to the public in the month of March. They were, how ever, much worried with the details of the work, which involved a variety of scientific and mechanical difficulties. He hoped the bridge would be opened in March. A PROPRIETOR—I hope you will not make it the Ist of April !—(A laugh.) He hoped there was a rea sonable prospect of the bridge being opened in the spring? The CHAIRMAN said he must speak with great cau tion, as he had been misled on former occasions ; but he repeated he saw no reason why the bridge should not be opened by the time he had named. A PROPRIETOR regretted the absence of the engineer, as he wished to impress upon him the propriety of finishing one end of the work. The CHAIRMAN would not attempt to conceal the fact that the Directors had been disappointed in respect to the progress made in the work ; but gentlemen must recollect that they had no money till November, and that up to October they were largely in debt with their contractor. A PROPRIETOR suggested that more men should be put to work. The CHAIRMAN observed that they could not employ above a certain number of men at one time. There were now 100 men at work. Capt. ENGLISH wished to know whether the Directors had taken into consideration the question of the amount of toll to he levied on foot passengers ? For his own part, he was of opinion that they should exact ld. from foot passengers ; at any rate, this might be tried for a time, whilst the bridge was a novelty. The CHAIRMAN said, with regard to the question of toll, that was a matter which had not yet been decided upon, and it could enly be done by a resolution of the Board of Directors, to be afterwards confirmed by a meeting to be held previous to the general annual meet ing. At. that meeting the Directors would be bound to state their opinion. He would only observe that he dif fered from Mr. English as to the propriety of making the toll id. instead of a id. The meeting then broke up. SCOTCH CIIiRRENCY RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY. BRISTOL, THURSDAY. —This day a special general meeting of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company was held at the White Lion Hotel, in this city, for the dispatch of important business. The large room was completely filled with Sharehol ders, the chair being taken by Frederick Ricketts, Esq., the Chairman of the Board of Directors, at one o'clock. J. B. BARHAM, Esq., the Secretary, read the report, which stated that the Dirf ctors had taken measures, in conformity with the resolution of the half-yearly ..leneral meeting, held on the 22d of August last, for obtaining surveys, and for making an application to Parliament for a Bill for constructing a railway from the Bristol and Exeter main line between Bridgewater and Taunton to Bridport, Dorchester, and Weymouth, with a branch to Yeovil and Sherborne. But subsequent proceedings on the part of other companies rendered it expedient to act in more perfect unison with the Great Western Com pany, and to combine with them in an enlarged system of railway accommodation for the counties of Somerset and Dorset, so as to secure the communication between those two lines and Dorchester, Bridport, and Wey mouth. The result was that the Directors, subject to the approbation of the Shareholders at the meeting, had taken measures for applying to Parliament for authority to construct a branch from a point in the main line about five miles distant from Bridgewater, through Langport, and South Petherton, to Yeovil. The CHAIRMAN then laid before the meeting several facts and data showing the advantages to be derived from the proposed extension, and concluded by propos-- ing the following resolutions, which were seconded by E. Divett, Esq., M.P. for Exeter, Mr. Cross, and other gen tlemen, and carried unanimously : " 1. That it is expedient that this Company should obtain powers for the formation of the following lines of railway, namely, a railway from Durston, between Bridgewater and Taunton, to Yeovil, in the county of Somerset. " A railway from the Clevedon-road station to Cleve don, in the same county, and an improved junction with the Great Western Railway at the Bristol terminus. " a. That it is expedient that this Company do take 1,500 shares of 501. each in the Cornwall Railway from Plymouth to Falmouth (in continuation of the South Devon Railway), and that the Directors of this Company be authorised to subscribe for the same accordingly, and to procure all necessary .Parliamentary powers for that purpose.. "3. That an additional capital of 500,000/. be raised by the creation of 15,000 third shares, at 331. 6s. Bd. per share. •" 4. That every Proprietor of original shares shall be entitled to one such third share in respect of each original share, for which he may stand registered on the 16th of January, 1845, on condition of his notifying his intention to avail himself of it by letter to the Secre tary, and by paving before the 3 1s t of January a deposit of 2/. per share." Mr. MORTIMER inquired whether the new branches would be on the atmospheric principle, or the same as the trunk line ? Mr. BRUNEL, the engineer, answered that the Tiverton branch, from its being so peculiarly fitted for the pur pose, would be w or k e d on t h e atmosp h er i c principle ; the Clevedon branch like the trunk line ; while the Yeovil was not yet fixed. Thanks to the Chairman closed the meeting. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. On Wednesday the half-yearly general meeting of the Proprietors of this Company was held at the Town-hall, Lancaster, Mr. D. W. Hassells in the chair. The Di rectors' report announced that the whole of the works from Lancaster to Carlisle, with a single line only, had been let to Messrs. Brassey, Mackenzie, and Stephenson, the contractors, within the engineering estimate. The works had since progressed satisfactorily, and the con tractors had possession of sixty Or seventy miles of land, without having recourse to a jury, although the total number of landowners dealt with had exceeded three hundred. At the Lancaster end of the line the works had not yet been commenced, owing to an alteration de sired by the inhabitants in crossing the line, to effect which an application to Parliament would be made. Another deviation was proposed to be made at Kendal. he Directors now propose to lay down a double instead of a single line., and within the authorised capital. To complete the great chain of railway communication be tween England and Scotland, they have resolved on sup porting the proposed Caledonian line. The construction of the proposed Kendal and Windermere Railway would in crease the traffic of the Lancaster and Carlisle, and the Directors had entered into a conditional contract with the Lancaster and Preston Company to lease their line of twenty miles in length. The accounts showed that the affairs,gr at u l t a e n d d the after a meeting receipts had amounte d to 174,6951., leaving, a lt er dis bursements, a b a l ance o f 85,8291. The Chairman thecon stateof Company's discussion, on in which Eri i n an gto y's n civil engin eer , Mr. Nicholson, Mr. Head, and others en gaged, the report was received, and the agreement with the Lancaster and Preston ratified. " MONOPOLY IN FAVOUR OF THE EXISTING SCOTCH BANKS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—If Sir Robert Peel did not exhibit any very great regard for the claims, of labour and industry in his currency and banking measure of last session, nor much philosophic comprehension of the nature and functions of money, nor can accurate knowledge of " the ancient standard of value," or of the monetary history of Eng land, he displayed considerai,le adroitness—by some deemed statesmanship—in securing the acquiescence of all parties in the Legislature, by playing off one interest against another, and conferring on parties supposed to be hostile some advantage of a special kind not inimical to the general provisions of the Bill. Thus, the English joint-stock banks were induced to support the measure by the bestowal of certain corporate privileges and legal facilities which the Bank of England had till then exclusively enjoyed. In like manner, the silence and acquiescence of the Scotch banking and money interest were purchased and obtained for the time—l say for the time—for observe, although Scotland has latterly spoken out in a tone which it is said has so frightened the Minister, that he no lon ger intends to carry into execution his threat of assimi lating the currency of Scotland to that of England, by the suppression of her one pound notes, yet it is re markable that, although this threat was uttered early in May, not a syllable was whispered in opposition to it in Scotland, or by any Scotch Member in Parliament, while the Bank Charter Act was pending, nor until it had fairly passed and become the law of the land in July following. What, then, was the consideration given to the Scotch money power for this tacit support of the measure ? Perhaps the answer wilt be found in the 10th section of the Bank Charter Act,. which, although an Act referable to the Bank of England and the regula tion of its issues, somehow or other includes an enact ment applicable to banking in Scotland, as will be seen by the terms of the clause in. question. The clause is in these words : " That from and after the passing of this Act, no per son other than a person who was on the 6th day of May, 1844, lawfully issuing his own bank notes, shall make or issue bank notes in any part of the United Kingdom." Now hero is a monopoly created in favour of the existing Scotch banks, and all persons are prohibited from forming any new banks of issue in Scotland, however great may be the increase of population, or strong tke necessity for the for the formation of such new banks. On what prin ciple has this monopoly been created ? On what prin ciple should one portion of the community have special and exclusive privileges conferred on them at the ex pense of their neighbours, and more especially in these days, when the commercial spirit of the country is in favour of relaxing instead of making more binding all restrictions on trade ? Every man connected with one of these joint-stock banks is, in a great degree, his own banker —coins his own credit—and enjoys thereby a mighty advantage over his neighbour in trade, who is now legally debarred from exercising the same privi lege, however great his real capital, and wortlw credit every way as a banker he may be. - °I Whether Sir Robert Peel will earr execution remains to be seen-- ,his threat into the shares o f all gLb- uck bank s i n S cotland have . in the meanti me iioint vs..-ue notwithstanding th e t h reat ; and risen gre a tl ? as to the tnreat itself, ther e i s somet h ing singularly inconsistent in it, and at variance with the clause above quoted---for if it ever was really intended to suppress the one pound notes in Scotland, why provide by Act of Parliament for their continuance, and create a monopoly for issuing them ? The recent agitation in Scotland has been wholly di rected against the threatened suppression of the one pound notes ; not a word has been uttered against the creation of the unjust and unconstitutional monopoly I have, pointed out. Can it be that Scotchmen generally are ignorant of it, and that interested parties, under cover of the agitation, mean to afford an excuse to the Minister for retracting his threat, so that the monopoly which has been the real object all along will remain secure against the chance of popular objection or legis lative interference ? Is there no Scotch Member who will call for expla nation on this matter in the ensuing session ?—I am, &c. . A SCOTCHMAN, BUT NOT A BANKER. Jan. 15, 1845. - - THE ROBBERY IN THE DOCKS. Yesterday Matthew Clark, James Hurley, Samuel Cantilo, William Johnson, and Benjamin Ashton, the five men charged with breaking into the tobacco ware house of the London Dock, on the night of Friday, the 3d instant, and stealing 1471b5. of leaf tobacco, were brought before Mr. Ballantine for final examination at the Thames Police-court. They all conducted themselves in a very reckless and impudent manner throughout the proceedings which commenced by Mr. Sy mons, the chief clerk, reading the depositions taken on the former examinations, and the evidence contained in which has been already published in thisjournal. There was a strong circumstantial case against all the prisoners except Ashton, and the tobacco found in the room where Hurley was captured was clearly identified as that stolen from the dock warehouse. Mr. Ballantine said be should at once discharge Ash ton, and commit Hurley, Cantilo, Johnson, and Clark for trial for the felony. Mr. Humphreys —Very well, Sir. Then .I will now prove a former conviction against one of the prisoners, and ask you to return the evidence with the other depo sitions. William Cheney, an officer at Nicholson's-wharf. Lower Thames -street, stated that he knew Johnson, who was convicted at the January sessions of the Central Criminal Court, in 1843, for stealing a chest of tea, and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour. The four prisoners were then committed for Arial. Mi. Humphreys, who appeared for the prosecution, said, now the case had terminated, he begged leave to state that very few robberies had been committed in the London Dock, and that in no establishment was property safer. Last year there were two attempts at robbery in the dock, which did not succeed, owing to the vigilance of the officers. In a third case the thieves stole about sixteen gallons of brandy from a ship, and that was.the only instance during the year 1843 that, property was feloniously abstracted from the London Dock premises. \EVENING-, JANUARY 17. 1845 THE ADMIRALTY A ""' HN BARROW. John Stikeinan,. Etq.. East IndiaJO and China Association. • East India and China Association, 2, Cowper' s - court, J an. 11. Sir,—On the 4th inst. I had The honour to receive your letter of the previous day's date, acquainting me that their Lordships had entered into a contract for the conveyance of th e m ail s ' b etween Suez and Calcutta and China, and that the particulars would he promulgated by the Post-ofticv. Findint.;• no intimation had been give,, , M) the subject, up to the 7th in the Post-otlive Packet List, or in. any other way,' I wrote to Colonel Moberly,. inquiring how 504,11 the information the inerthants art so anxious to possess in respect to the mail which is to leave for'Suez on the 20th inst. would be made known, and to my great surpriSe and regret I have this morning received Ain answer from Colonel Maberly, dated the 10th, stiting that no official communication bas been made to that department. —I am, &e., HN STIE MAN, Secretary. . Sir John Barrow, Bart. JO , Admira K lty. Admiralty, Jan. 11, 1845. Gentlemen,---With reference to your Secretary's letter. of this day's date, I am commanded by my Lords Com missioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you, that ar rangements have not y et b een completed for the convey ance of the mails between• Alexandria and England ; but that her Majesty's Government are pledged to the per formance of this service either by vessels belonging to the Royal Navy or by contract, and that when this point is determined, no delay will take place in the announce ment for public information by the proper office. I am, &c, JOHN BARROW. The East India and China Association, Cowper's-court, Cornhill. East India and China Association, Jan. 13. Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, addressed to this Association, of the 11th inst., informing theni that arrangements have not yet been completed for the conveyance of the mails between Alexandria and 'England, but that her Majesty's Go vernment are pledged to the performance of the service either by vessels belonging to the Royal Navy or by contract. As the public have been led to think that, under a contract with the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navi gation Company, one of their vessels (the Hindostan, from Calcutta, on the 10th inst.) would be at Suez on or about the 6th of next month, to receive a mail for Cal cutta and intermediate porta, and as the same Company have by public adverusethent stated that their vessel, the Great Liverpool, will depart froth SOuthampton on the 20th inst. for Alexandria, I ani directed respectfully to request you will have the goodness to inform me whether it is intended that a mail shall be forwarded to Alexandria, either by the steamer Great Liverpool, or by a vessel of the Royal Navy (on the 20th), or via Marseille's on the 23d or 24th of this month, so that the mercantile community and others may be able to avail themselves of the first opportunity that will present itself for having their letters sent on direct from Suez to Calcutta by the contract steamer on that side of Egypt. It will also be satisfactory to aseerta;74 how letters brought . by that steam er from Calci , ! f rta, Madras, and . Alexandria to this country.—l have th e h onour t- 0 GEO.lll' Ceylon, will b e f orwar d ed from LARPENT, Chairman. Sir John Barryvv. Lard Gentle - Admiralty, Jan. 14, 1845. . ior . .men,—Having laid b e f ore my L or d s Commis ''. .ers of the Admiralty your Chairman's letter of yesterday's date, requesting information as to the details of the arrangement for the mail communication about to be opened between this country, Calcutta, and China, I am commanded by their Lordships to acquaint you that the moment the arrangement is concluded notice will be given by the Post-office department.—l am, Scc., JOHN BARROW. The East India and China Association. _----- H.I.M. THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA. The most careful inquiries that we have been able to institute lead us to the belief that the rumour of the Emperor's death is not deserving of credit. From the nature of the case, it is true, we can have none but nega tive evidence; still that evidence is very strong. We know that up 'to the hour of our paper going to press, no official accounts of the event have reached this country from St. Petersburgh. The report originates with the Brussels journals published on the 14th instant, and they profess to have received it from Berlin via Amsterdam. Now we find from the Frankfort papers of the 11th, that a rumour of the Emperor's " serious illness" was cur rent in that city on the previous day, the 10th, but that it was not believed, because the Prussian corre spondence that arrived in regular course of post, made no mention of it. Moreover, the Universal Prussian Gazette of the 12th is altogether silent on the subject. Our correspondent at Paris, writing on Wednesday afternoon, says—" A rumour of the death of the Emperor of Russia has been afloat, and the news is said to have come via Holland. It, however, obtains very little credence"—and these circumstances, taken together, appears to us a full justification for dis believing the story. It would be exceedingly difficult, on political grounds, to offer a reasonable ccnjecture as to the motive of the fabrication, if such it should prove to be. However deeply we should lament the demise of the Emperor of Russia, as a man estimable alike in his public capacity and his domestic relations, it is highly improbable that the event would create any sensation in his dominions but one of general grief. There is no risk of a disputed succession, and no room for antici pating that a new course of policy would compromise the peace of Europe. But, while we seek in vain for the origin of the rumour in the position of Russia, domestic or foreign, we think the papers to which we have al luded afford some clue to the solution of the mystery. The Independent Beige says " the funds fell on the 13th at Amsterdam," in consequence of the report ; and the Handelsblad accounts for this by the fact that " a considerable amount of Russian stock has been sold." We confess that, under all the circumstances, we think the story may fairly be attributed, as far as we see at present, to the persons engaged in those great games of hazard which, in the delicate periphrasis of the Bourse, are designated as " financial operations." It would not be the first time that such a thing has hap pened, and we fear it will not be the last. Our suspicion is somewhat confirmed by the manner in which the in telligence reached ourselves so early as half-past six yesterday morning. We received it apparently authen timed by a signature that we could not recognise, and by a route the most circuitous for anything coming from Holland or Belgium. We, therefore, declined to p r i n t the communi cat i on ; b ut, finding that the Times Soon published several details, we copied them, and in half an hour afterwards issued a third edition, with the result of our own inquiries. We repeat both these statements in our present impression, and our readers will now have before them the whole history of the case, as a means of enabling them to judge how far we are borne out in the opinion we have hazarded during the absence of authen tic information.—Post; THE GORGON STEAM-SLOOP. The following letter) has been addressed to the Editor of a Morning . Contemporary • Sir,—l have this morning receiv e d a l e t ter f rom an officer on board her ; Majesty's steam-vessel Gorgon, Captain C. Hotham, and you and your numerous readers will be glad to learn that, on the 13th October, that ship was hove from off the beach of Monte Video, and during the following week waii dragged through the mud a dis tance of half a mile, ih seven feet of water. The.perse verance and exertions of the officers and crew in this trial of seamanship and nautical skill, appear to have been truly . surprising ; during five months their work was continual, by night as well as by day, not only forming a complete wet dock, but also in excavating a channel, 100 fathoms in length, through which to haul the ship clear of the sand into the mud. It appears the Gorgon was left, after the gale of the loth.May, nearly dry ; at a very high tide there were eight inches water round the bows, and four feet on:each quarter, she being buried in the sand to the depth of thirteen feet on the starboard, and nine feet on the port side. To extricate an 1,100-ton ship from this situation, and perfectly to fit her for active service, was an under taking which reflects the highest credit on all connected with her, and will prove to the numerous foreign officers' who were spectators of the undertaking, that thirty years of peace have not deprived the British navy of that energy and spirit for which it has always been distin guished.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, 36, Strand, Jan. 16. GEORGE GILLOT. P.S.—I expect we shall hear of her arrival home some time in April. ==773 MYSTERIOUS CASE OF POISONING AT SHEERNESS. —Within the last few days, a painful degree of sensa tion has been felt by all parties in and about Sheerness, arising from the affecting circumstances of an accom plished and very handsome young Jewess, named Esther Russell, the daughter of a respectable tradesman in that town, haring died from the poisonous effects of arsenic, in rather a mysterious manner, after giving birth to a female illegitimate infant, since dead. The inquest on the bodies of the young mother and child was held on Tuesday, before Mr. !Linde, one of the Coroners for Kent, and the principal facts connected with the deplora ble affair, as given in evidence, have already appeared. The jury returned, after a lengthened deliberation, the following verdict :—" That the deceased Esther Russell died from the effects of arsenic, but how administered there was no evidence to show, and the jury were unani mously of opinion that a great want of attention towards ' the deceased had been shown by her parents and family. Respecting the infant, they were of opinion that it had died from excessive hemmrrhage caused by the navel string not being tied." ' A FEMALE PREACHER. --Yesterday Mrs. Lydia Minder, a middle-aged and rather respectable-looking female was charged at the Lambeth Police-court with creating agent disturbance, in the Westminster-road, on that morning. Police •constable, L 31, deposed that about three o'clock, in the morning he heard a disturbance in the IVestminster-road, and on going to see what yvas , the matter, he found th e p r i soner i n t h e m id st o f a crowd of night walkers an d ot h ers preac hi ng a sermo n, partly re and partly bl as ph emous. li e endeavoured to get her one way or the other, but she refused, and kept abusing him, so that he was compelled to take her to the station-house. In re ply t o the charge the prisoner said she had b een u p a num b er of hours with her daughter, who was in a dying state, and having taken a gla ss o f rum it affected her head very much. She was divcharged with an admonition to abstain from rum for the future. ...AD THE EAST FRENCH PLAYS. INDIA and CHIN A ASSO CIATION. i ra - tt.3 7 , - J - aTI. - 3, - 1845. JAIIES'S" -- TI IEA - TR E. Sir,---In reply to 'your letter of the Mt et ihrel;er Nt • 1 . 1) • - last, lam commanded by my Lords Cornmissi ,, ners, r * ' h ja"i . '"l'"' P r() S Y ''-A"" t"' . t•'' the Admiralty to acquaint you that a contract has be:Tt season, whicth.wdl, we Opine, prove ev u m o m brilli an t entered into by their Lordships tbe th e conveyance of than any of its predecessors. The subscription is for the mails between Suez and Calcutta and China, and fortyrepr e sent a tion4which k place on Monday' that the particulars will be promulgated by the Post- ani'pridays. °like department.—l ara, also 'There will la)erfor:Uance Wednesday evinings,_ which wilt not be ili(.•liuled the subscription ; but tilt• arrang‘Anctit of last season, by which subscribers were eaablcd to exchange either the Monday or the Friday evening for the Wednesday ; will be continued. This is a most liberal arrange ment on the part of Mr. Mitchell. It gave general satisfaction last season, and we hope that it wii? be met in the spirit in which it ought to be net, itid that his list of - sul.scril4.rs will he matPrially increased. The season opens IVemlnPA (l,ly, the 22,1 in<tant, with :qonsitur I.afont of thy theatre de.< Varietj!, his first appearance at this thea tre, and Mademoiselle Nathalie, from the Theatre du Gymnase, will appear conjointly with M. Lafent They will be succeeded by Frederic Lemaitre, and Mademoiselle Clarisse, who will remain with us until Easter. During their engagement Don Cesar de Bazan and Rey Bless will be produced. After Easter Madame Albert will appear for a few nights, and her brief en gagement will be followed by that of Monsieur Ravel, an actor new to this country. Made moiselle Plessy and Monsier Regnier, of the Theatre Francais, will tbllow Monsieur Ra vel, and during their engagement a new comedy by Alexander Dumas, written expressly for Mr. Mitchell's company, will , be produced under the su perintendence of the talented author. Achard, who - created such a sensation last season, is engaged for a few nights towards the close of the season; and Monsieur Arnal, from the Theatre du Vaudeville, closes the season. Monsieur Arnal we expect • will be a great favourite in this country. He is the original L'Homme Blasé, which admirable vaudeville will be produced during his stay amongst us. The permanent company includes that ex , Alent actor, Cartigny, Lienard, the quaintest of low comedians, and all the favourites of last season. Mademoiselle Eliza Forgeot still continues directrice, while Monsieur Burotte, late second chef d'orchestre at the Vaudeville, assumes the command of the musical department. The company, taken as a whole, will be the strongest French company that has ever performed in London, and we anticipate for Mr. Mitchell a brilliant and successful seass.m. WESTMINSTER LITERARY, 'SCIENTIFIC, AND MECHANICS' ITITUTION. On Thursday evening Mr. West, of the Royal Academy of Music, gave a lecture at this institution on the ancient love of music and a P.an for a national musical education. The lecturer tool,; a clever cursory view of the real and traditionary evidence of the love of music, and its influence among the ancients. He showed its intimate association with the exercise of devotion in all ages, Pagan arid Christian. If Mr. West's opinion be well-founded, and we fear it is so, his remark is worthy of attention that, whereas in the pri mitive days of our Churchthe music often drew Pagans within the pale, now it is more calculated to drive Christians themselves out of the temple—indeed, a good organ, tolerably well played, and loud enough to stifle the dissorlent uproar of the charity boys and congregation would be an inestimable comfort. Mr. West paid due homage to the masters of the divine art, and selected Handel's passionate recitative and air from .Tephtha, " Deeper and deeper still," which was sung by Mr. Field with nervous power and great tenderness of expression. The lecturer himself exemplified the richness of Mozart's musical imagination in " Non piu andrai," and subsequently the brilliant fancy of Rossini, as it bounds and sparkles in " Largo al fac totum," and in each of these trying pieces Mr. West evinced the liveliest sense of his author, and in the first elicited an enthusiastic encore. Mr. George Buckland sang Russell's strange yet powerful song " The Maniac," with much judgment, and at the conclusion of the lecture contributed largely to the entertainment of the audience by giving with much humour John Parry's songs " Mama is so very particular," and " Blue- I beard." Mr. West brought his lecture to a close by referring to the wonderful effects of popular music teaching in Switzerland, and expressed a hope that a similar impulse might diffuse the spirit of song amongst our countrymen. BANKRUPTCY ANALYSIS FOR 1844.-Ale merchants 4, apothecaries 9, attorneys 3, auctioneers 9, bakers 9, bankers 4, b oo k se ll ers 10, oot and shoemakers 10, brewers 8, brickmakers 5, brokers 8, builders 44, butchers 14, cabinet-makers 11, calico printers 4, car penters 21, carpet manufacturers 4, cattle dealers 7, cheesemongers 6, chemiits and druggists 15, clothiers 5, cloth manufacturers 4, cloth merchants 2, coachmakers 5, coach and omnibus proprietors 5, coal merchants 11, commission agents 10, contr ac t ors (road, railway, and gas) 3, cooks and confectioners 4, corn merchants and dealers 17, cotton manufacturers 3, carriers 10, cutlers 3, dairymen 3, dealers 15, earthenware dealers 3, eating and coffee-house keepers 3, engineers 6, engravers 2, farmers 7, flannel makers 2, fruit merchants 4, furriers 4, glass merchants 3, grocers 53, hatters 6, horse dealers 3, hosiers 4, innkeepers 22, ironf'ounders 11, iron mongers 19, jewellers 7, lacemen 3, leather sellers 3, lime burners 2, linendrapors 23, linen manufacturers 2, livery-stable keepers 7, lodging-house keepers 5, ma chinists 2, malisters 7, market gardeners 2, mercers 2, merchants 38, millers 19, milliners 3, money scriveners 5, musical instrument makers 2, nail manufacturers 2, oil merchants 3, painters 2, paper hangers 2, paper makers 3, pawnbrokers 3, plumbers and glaziers 13, printers 5, printsellers 2, provision merchants 4, saddlers 10, sail-cloth manufacturers 3, ship brokers 3, ship owners 7, shipwrights 4, silk manufacturers 4, silk throwsters 4, silversmiths 4, soal'makers 2, stationers 12, straw-bonnet manufacturers 2, surgeons 13, tailors 28, tallow chandlers 7. tanners 3, tea dealers 8, timber merchants 3, tobacconists 4, toymen 2, trimssing makers 2, upholsterers 9, victuallers 47, warehousmen 10, watch makers 4, wheelwrights 1, wine and spirit merchants 36, woollen-drapers 8, woollen manufacturers 3, woolstaplers 2, worsted manufacturers 3, worsted spinners 3, various 76.-Total, 1,064. DEATH FROM POISON.-MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.- Considerable surprise was excited on 'Change on Satur day, by a report that Mr. Louis Schwabe, the celebrated manufacturer of figured silks by the jacquard loom, had met with his death, under circumstances which led to the suspicion that he had been poisoned. For a con siderable time the rumour met with but little credit, but unfortunately it proved too true. The deceased was a gentleman much respected in this town, and was well known throughout the commercial world for the ener getic perseveraace with which he pushed forward the improvement of the silk manufacture by means of the jacquard loom. It appears from the iuquirie, which we have been enabled to make, that Mr. Schwabe had recently lost a valued relation, and appeared de pressed in spirits in consequence. He was taken ill on Friday night, or early on Saturday morning, and in con sequence of the symptoms which exhibited themselves medical assistance was called in, and the stomach-pump used, but he died at about half-past seven o'clock in the inornieg. An inquest was held en the body yesterday at the house of the deceased, but out of respect to the feelings of his family the carom r (Mr. Chapman) deter mined that the proceedings should be private. We can, therefore, merely state the result, which we believe to he, that the deceased came to his death in consequence of having taken oil of vitriol, being at the time in a state of temporary insanity. The deceased, we understand, was about 44 years of age. EXPERIMENTS IN WOOLWICH MARSIIES.-Lieut.- Colonel Dansey, C. 8., Assistant. Director of the La boratory Department of the Royal Arsenal; Lieu tenant-Colonel Chalmer, Assistant Director-Gene ral of Artillery; Major Hardinge, K.H., Assistant- Director of the Carriage Department, attended in the Marshes yesterday afternoon, to witness experi ments with an invention submitted by Lieut. Pen rice, of the Royal Engineers, as a substitute for the present cases used for shot fired from field battery guns. The invention consists simply of a coil of wire, of about half an inch in thickness, formed similar to the elastic coils of wire introduced in easy chairs and cushions. The diameter of the coil is made equal to the bore of the gun from which it is to be fired, and the outside covered with strong brown paper pasted together. The isinside then filled with musket-balls embedded in sawdust, two hundred t fi nl r e d d ; and attached to the usual wadding with wire. A light six-pounder gun yards of the target, and a but in almost every insta nce the ball s , or a gr ea t was b r n o u u m g LI t r e within o f rounds w e portion of them, str uck the ground before th ey went , the whole length. Two round so f the common case shot were fired to compare the effect, and th e y appeared to answer far better than the invention submitted for experiment on this occasion. Experiments were afterwards carried on with shot fired from the same gun to test the efficiency o f marine glue, used as adhesive power to attach 6 -pounder shot to wooden wadding, instead of attaching them, as at present, with slips of tin, which are apt to get rusted by the action of salt water, or broken by rubbing on each other when used for field service. Twelve rounds were fired with this invention, and they appeared to answer the purpose remarkably well, and the aim was so well taken by Lieutenant the Hon. C. Devereux that every one of the twelve shot entered the target at two hundred yards' range. The Dowager Princess of Hohenzollern- Ifechin gen died at Vienna on the 7th inst., after a long illness. Prince Frederick of Nassau, uncle to the reigning Duke, and a general in the Austrian army, died lately at Vienna, of a disease of the heart, aged 46, THE SUN, LONII, THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. R e d uced 3 per Cent. Consols . New 3 1 4 per Cent .„ 1044 Long Annuities to expire Jan 1860 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 12 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 11 13-16 India Bonds, 1,0004. • . ..... 74 Ditto under 1,000/. ...... 78 South Sea Stock Consols Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 111 z d 6O pm. Ditto 500/. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS. Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto 3 per Cent. ...... .. 3B SHARES. Bristol and Exeter, 70 paid 77% Cambridge and Lincoln, 1% paid Eastern Counties, 25 paid:- 173/4 Ditto Perpetual, 5 periCent, 3% pa id, N o . 1 1 Great Southern and Western (Ireland), 5 paid' 10 1 / 2 Great North of England, 100 paid Ditto, New Shares, 5 paid 27% Great Western, 75 paid... ...................... .165 Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid ... Lancaster and Carlise, 15 paid ... 2414 London and Birmingham (Stock) . Ditto, New Thirds, 2 paid...... ........ 404 London and Blackwall, 16% ............. 7% London and Brighton, 50 paid ......... ..... . 51% London and Greenwich, 12% p ai d 11% London an,l South Western, 41i paid BO% Ditto N 2% paid .......... ... 13 London and York. 2% paid ... ....... . .......... ... 3 3 4 Mancliestei and Leeds, 70 paid .. ......... 127 • Manchester and Birmingham, 40 paid ...... 541 Midland,:loo paid ... ......................... ...... 129 Northern and Eastern, 45 paid . . .............. Ditto Scrip, 30 paid 42 Ditto Quarter Shares, 12 1 A paid ... ... ......... 16 North Kent, 2% paid ................ ... 3 Norwich and Brandon, 8 paid ..................... 14 Richmond and West End Junction, 1 paid • 3 South EaStern and Dover, 33h paid Ditto New, 2 paid ........................ 14 South Wales, 2% paid Trent Valley, 2 paid ..................... ....... West Cornwall, 1 1 A paid ................... . ..... York and North Midland, 50 paid Ditto, Selby Scrip, 20 paid ............. . Ditto Extension, 1% paid... ............... FRENCH RAILWAYS. Great Northern of France, 4 paid Orleans and Vierzon. 2 paid ................. .... 10% Orleans and Bordeaux. 2 paid ................... BLA Rouen and Havre, 12 paid ROBBERIES BY THE SWELL Moll AT WIN DSOR .—. During thi s wee k, upon t h e occas i on Of General Tom Thumb bein g ex hibi te d to th e lieges of th e R oyal town 'of Wind sor , at the public room, in the lli g h- street, the swell mob fraternity from the metropolis reaped a plen tiful harvest. A t t h e a f ternoon ex hibi t i on, on Monday last, the ro om was excee di ng l y crowded ; thus aff or di ng an excellent opportunity for the light-fingered gentry to carry on their nefarious calling. Colonel Moncrieffe, of the Scots Fusilier Guards, had his pocket picked of his purse, which, at the close of the exhibition, was found empty in a corner of the room. A lady named Ellis was robbed of her purse, containing four sovereigns, which, after being emptied of its contents, and the silver slides taken oft was again placed in her pocket. Another lady was robbed of her purse and ten sovereigns, and nu merous other similar thefts were committed at the same Uwe. FLANDERS MAIL, BRUSSELS, JAN. 15.- 7 ,The average prces of wheat 11 , t week w;s 161. 46c., and that ef ry#• 10 ,. . 28c. !Ter hectoli:re. Tac duties :Ire the hrkve been for several weeks past. The Chamber of Representatives met yesterday. It was eng;?gcd 111 the Aliscussion of the Budget of the navy, which was adopted by a niajoriy oi'46 to tile:saine sitting the, Minister of the Interior presented a project of aw relative to the mea-nres to be taken in case that contagious diseases among cattle should break out, or be introduced into the country, The lifoi.itear Beige of the 15th quotes from the Indepodent and Eclair of the preceding day the re port of the death of the Emperor of Rusiia, adding that the r'f#l, pie Co:etie and.Le..Franknat journa w:lick, ha:: later new.. from Bolin (of the 9th), do.n..t evci. mention ti rindivosition r,f the Einper?r, which was first announced in the- Dimseldwy . Gazett,f und,r the head of Berlin, 6th Jamiary. The Courier - Beige makes no-mention of the reports. The Prince of Saxe-Coburg, being slightly indis posed, could not attend yesterday evening the brilliant ball of the Society of. Nobles at Vauxhall. Their Majesties of course refrained from ping on the same account. N Csr --- AUSTRIAN 171 . 7 NDS.,—"VIENNA, J AN. .: . 5 per Cent. Metalliques -- 1 4 per Cent. Ditto lO2 _ 3 per Cent. Ditto ^ , i""• ~.... Bank Shares ' 2 -- Esterhazy ' s L oan 162 RAILWAYS. 57 The Northern, or Ferdinand Gloggnitz • Milan . 6V • 118 —Allgemeine Zeitung, Jan.' 12:- . . . BELGIAN FUNDS.—BnussEts, JAN. 14. Actual Debt, 2 i l . per Cent . Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent — . - Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent - - Ditto Three,per Cent Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto — .. Ditto, ditto 1840 Ditto, ditto 1 - 844 - lO3 Ditto of the City, 1843 lO3 Ditto, 1832 - Bank of Belgium 615 -Brussels Papers, Jan. 14. DUTCH FUNDS. -AMSTERDAM ;lAN. 10. ARRIVA L OF MORE OF THE CHINESE RANSOM.- Yesterday, at one o'clock, a speciql train arrived at Nine Elms, froui Gosport, conveying that portion of the Chinese ransom money brought over to this country from Hong-Kong by the Pelican sloop. The train consisted of five waggons and two: .carriages ; the former contained the boxes holding the ayeee silver, each waggon carrying about three tons and a half weight. A gentleman from the Treasury and a detachment of the 59th regiment' accompanied the treasure from Gosport, and the latter mounted guard in the railway company's premises daring the remov a l of the silver from the baggage vans to some waggons be• Longing to Messrs. Ch a pli n an d H orne, the car6ers of the Company. In the course of the afternoon the trea sure was conveyed in nine waggons to the IZG3 al Mint, Tower-hill, the detachment of the:s9th accompanyi ng it. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND'S MISSION TO THE JEWS.-.- A 'very crowded meeting of the friend's of this branch of the Church of Scotland's missionary hitiours was held in Swallow-street, yesterday evening. Truly interesting and impressive addresses were delivered by the Rev. Mr. M‘Glashan and the Rev. J. Cumming ; and the Pleasius' sight was witnessed, of three Jewish missionaries on their way to Tunis, in Ba r b ar y, t o proc l a i m th e true Wssial to their fellow count r y men i gnorant o f' Hi nt . The Church _ of i Scotland, it was stated, h a s ne arly tilledall vacancies was made at the d oor created by the seceders, and w!th men -of up r its eal Christian a worth. A very handsome collection in behalf of these zaisaiea,i. 1 .Ikilgo 11;ji . Money,. Bills, Actual Debt, 2 1 ,4 per Cent 6 4 1 4 • 65 Ditto, 3 per Cent... 78.74 79 1 Ditto, 4 per Cent..; . 9844 9911 Ditto, 5 per Cent. 3 A Anton Syndic, 414 per Cent 99 )00 4 Ditto, 3 1 ,4 per Cent. Commercial Company,4 l / 2 perCt 1464) 1471 East India Loan, 4 per C en t 98% 9914 Exchange on London, one month 12 12 14, TWO, months l2 17 1 ,. 2 At sight — On Hamburg Two months 35 50 On Parts Two months — Dutch Papers, Jan. 11. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, JAN. 7.. .....___ Bills. Money. • St. Schuld Sch., 3 1 ,4 per Cent 99:-!4 • 99 q Truss. English,Bonds, 1830,4 per Ct — Exchange on London, 2 mouths Universal Prussian Gazette, Jan. 8. THE SHAPWICK MURDERS. BRIDGEWATER, THURSDAY MORNING.—Last evening the inquiry into the cause of Mary Dimond's death was gone into. The inquiry terminated in the committal of the prisoner to take her trial at the next assizes fur the wilful murder of her mother. She evinced the utmost noncluilance throughout the whole proceedings, and e - peared to be as little affected as tie tlio,t careless ob server. Once or twice during the day little matters oc curred which caused a titter in the Court, and no one seemed to enjoy the smile more than the unfortunate woman against whom such serious charges are made. To-morrow inquests will be held at Shapwick on the body of her husband, who died in 1843, and on the body of her child. It will be recollected that both bodies were exhumed, and the stomachs and intestines handed over to Mr. Ilerapath, who is of opinion that arsenic is to be found in both. UNHEARD OF BARBARITY. (From the New York Herald.) One of the most deliberate and barbarous outrages ever perpetrated in a civilised. com munity was committed yesterday morning in the upper part of the city, by a wretch who claims to be of the human species. Of all the terrible crimes that were ever attempted in this city, this one is the most shocking, and one can scarcely think of it. without shuddering. On Sunday morning a woman, named Catherine Hanlin, wife of Edward, who lives in a little shanty on the north side of Fifteenth -street, was stand ing at her door, when a tan, named Andrew Klem, who occupies a shanty adjoining, threw several stones at her, whiih struck her side, and brui'ed her considerably. She could only attri bute his conduct to a trifling squabble they had a few days previous. On Monday morning, about half-past seven o'clock, a short time after her husband had left the house to go to his work, Mrs. Hanlin, who was lying asleep in her bed with her infant child and a boy named Lawrence, was awakened by a hammering at the door, and on look ing up, heard the blows of an axe, and soon saw a portion of the door burst in, and fire and smoke pour through the aperture. Dreadfully alarmed, she sprang from the bed, with the child in her arms, and rushed to the door, which was the only means of exit from the house, except the window. In her terror she saw Klem in front of the door, piling up burning straw, wood, and shavings against the door, and on attempting to go out, he took a long pole, which he held, and thrust it at her with both hands. She immediately felt a sharp instrument pierce her thigh., Seeing that Klem was sober, she became suddenly convinced that his intention was. to burn her and her children to death, and in this awful situation, with the prospect of' a terrible death before her, she frantically screamed murder, and, milling to the window, endeavoured to escape there. Klem, however, perceived her in tention, and, jumping upon a barrel that was in front of the window, with a large piece of board in his hand, brandished it in such a manner that. she dared not attempt to get out. The smoke by this time had filled the room so that sb could scarcely breathe, and the child was scretein ing in agony and gasping as if in the last stru' g l e . With the strong feeling of a mother for its offspring, and as a-last hope of saving its life, she covered it up in a feather-bed, and immediately after MI down insensible. Thus much of this thile of hor ror she relates herself. The residue of the frightful narrative is told by other persons. Mr. Archibald Brown, of Sixteenth-street, heard the alarm of fire about half,past seven o'clock, and on looking towards the, house of Hanlin, saw a man in front of it piling up straw and wood, which was in flames ; he ran towards the spot, and there saw a mancr,uvre that he could not understand, and just before he reached the spot the man went into the adjoining house, and a person named Lee came up, accompanied by others, and smashed in the window. The boy Lawrence sprang out and gasped forth that his mother and her child were dead inside. Some of the party went to the back of the shanty, and with an axe burst it in, and brought out the inanimate bodies of the mother and child, who soon after breathed again. The . other party burst into the adjoining house, and there cap tured Klem. In one corner of the room they found an instrument with which he must have stabbed Mrs. Hanlin. It consisted of a large file or rasp, about a foot long, which had been ground down to a point. This was stuck in a pole or stick, about four feet long, and must have been used as a pike, and made expressly for the purpose to which it was applied. Mrs. Hanlin and her child were conveyed to the City Hospital, and Klem to the Upper Police. Ile w as . perfectly sober. He is an Irishman, and is repre sented as the most stolid, brutal looking person ever seen there. Apparently he is about forty years o f age. The unf a.tunate woman is burned considerably in the face and right arm, and the stab in "her thigh is of a serious character, and may produce death. In all human probability the child will die. The punish ment for arson in the first degree, which consists of setting ti re to an inhabitedienucz,ilpsietlrhl tooking, of and t a t o e r ani J il u la s t t i i o ce n T of aaLo r r s ,. mitted Klem to a cell at the Upper Police, to await the examination.ho sp ital, ps al death. iO 0 It'll f 4