The Sun.
London, England, 1825-09-08 00:00:00

THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMIEER 8, 182.

only. The nearest conveyance to Lambouria, Parton, Woot-
t.on Basset, and Pewsey.
NEWCASTLE UPoN TYNE and UNDER LINE Coaches
every morning and afternoon. Only One Night on the road.
PLYMOUTH. " Sovereign," New light fast Coach, to Fal-
mouth, Truro, Bodmin, Penryn, Ashburton, Totness, and
Newton Abbott, every morning at 7.
RAMSGA'T'E " Royal Telegraph," New superior fast safe
Coach, to Margate, Dover, Deal, Broadstairs, Canterbury,
Feversham, and Sandwich—every Morning at half-past 7.—
In consequence of the decided preference given to the Te-
legraph safe Coach, the Proprietors are determined no
expence shall be spared to render it the first conveyance on
the Kent Road.

SHEFFIELD " Express," and also " The Rockingham,"
through Rotherham, New Four inside Post Coaches, every
morning and afternoon.

SHKEWSBURY, Wellington, and Shiffnal, Light Post-
Coachel, every morning and afternoon.—Guarded.

SOUTHAM'PTON a Union," to Lymington, Lyndhurst.
W i nch ester, Basingstoke, Hartford Bridge, Black water, and
Bagshot, New Four Inside Coach, every morning, and ar-
rives at the Coach and Horses and Vine Inn, Southamp-
ton, by Five. This is a most delightful Conveyance to
the Isle of Wight, Jersey, Guernsey, St. Maloes, Havre de
Grace, Cherbourgh, &c.—The Proptietors of the above
Coach hope to receive a continuance of that support which
has hitherto been experienced. since the commencement of
the" Union."

STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES, a new light very fast
Coach, every afternoou, to Lanend, Stoke, Shelton, Butslent,
Tunstall, Lawton, Hanly and Holmes Chapel. This is tliv
only Coach direct to the Potteries.

sTANIFORD light Post Coaches every morning and after-
Baldock, noon, through Biggleswade, St.Neots, Buckden,
Iconbury, Stilton, and Wandsford.
SUNDERLAND, Stockton. and Yarns Light Post Coach
every Morning, to the George Inn, Sunderland.
TOTTENHAM and Echnonton Coaches daily,. at Eleven,
Half-past Two, Five, and Eight o'clock.
WAKEFIELD Four inside Post-Coaches, every Morning
and Afternoon.

WARWICK and Leamington Day and Night. fast Coaches,
through Da vent ry, Weedon, Towcestcr, and Stoney Stratford,
WELLS, Bridgewater, Taunton, Falcuottik, and Ply-
mouth Coaches, and to all Parts of the West of England.
WEYMOUTH " Magnet" Coach, through Bagshot, Black-
water, Basingstoke, Overton, Whitchnrch, Andover, Wood-
yeats, Cashmore, Salisbury, Blandfor.i, and Dorchester, at a
Quarter past Five o'Clock in the Mottling. Driven through
with Two Coachmen only.
WEYMOITTH PACKETS to Guernsey, Jersey, Cher-
bourg, St. Talon's, &c. every Wednesday and Saturday af-
ternoon, at Two, from Weymouth.
WOLVERHAMPTON only Day Coach to Dudley, West
Bromwich, and Meriden, through Coventry—Morning, at a
quarter before 7, and every afternoon.
YORK " Express," to Scarborough, Whitby, Shields, Sun-
derland, Newcastle, and Edinburgh, a New light Foul
inside Post Coach, with a Guard throughout ; sets out
every• Morning by way of Newark, Retford, Doncaster, Fer-
srybridgc, Taucaster, Darlington, Northallerton, Rushylord,
Durham, Nloipeth, and Berwick, and arrives at York early
-next Morning. Passengers finding themselves fatigued on the
journey, may rest what time they please, and then proceed
without any additional Fare.
At Reduced Fares to Ramsgate, Margate, and Canterbury.'
S. A. MOUNTAIN and Co. respectfully acquaint their
Friends and the Public, that they will n it be accountable for
any Parcels, Passenger's Lagpge, Writings, Plate, &c. of
more, than Five Pounds Value, if lost, stolen, or damaged,
unless entered as* stich, and the Insurance paid accord-
i^gl!.l at the Sat acen's Head lon, Skinner-street, Snow-hill,
London

SALE of GAS SHARES at GARRAWAY'S.

EXTRAORDINARY sctr4tl.

Yesterday the room at Garraway's was crowd-
ed, in consequence of an advertisement that 50 shares in " The
Independent Gas Light and Coke Company" were to be sold
by auction. The bills stated, that the shares were to be sold to
settle a partnership concern, in ten lots, each consisting of five
shares, and that they were 251. shares, upon each of which 181.
had been already paid. It was evident from the violent noise
and barbarous contradictions which took place, that there
were many in the room deeply interested in the sale ; and
we collected from the hints thrown out, and the charges
distinctly brought, that members of the company whose shares
were to be sold, and of the " Imperial Gas Light Company,"
which is, a chartered company, formed the majority of those
present.
Mr. Mitchell, in calling the attention of the room to the
shares., described them as the shares of one of the most flourish-
ing companies in England.
A. gentleman begged to know the nature of the transfer—
whether a purchaser was to become liable for no more than the
amount of the subscription upon each share, or whether his
responsibility was of a more extensive nature ? He thought it
most necessary that this should he known before a man ventur-
ed his property upon the shares in question.
Mr. Mitchell said (as far as we could collect) that there
was nothing to be apprehended by a purchaser. The com-
pany was not a speculation. It was firmly established, and
productive in an extraordinary degree. The amount paid
into the hands of the banker was 36,0001. The remaining
sum 71., per share, to be paid up, would complete the de-
mand, and there could exist no question of the high profits of
the concern.

The question as to the liability of holding shares was re-
peated. It was asked for the information of the public, as
well as that of those who wished to purchase in the room,
whether a proprietor did not become liable for any debts con-
tracted by the company, whether the company was not consti-
tuted a copartnership ?
Mr. Mitchell was requested not to gratify the curiosity of
a person who did not attend to purchase, but was one of the
chartered company, and came merely to depreciate the value of
the property to be sold.
Mr. Mitchell admitted that the responsibility must he upon
all the proprietors, as was the case in every unchartered corn-
pany. . _

It was advanced as an argument against the Company, that
a gentleman, who wished to be a purchaser, was refused a copy
of the form any i transfer, and that sort of information to which a
man would suppose himself entitled before he parted with his
property. This was denied upon the part of the Company, but
it was persisted in by the gentleman who brought forward the
accusation, and. repeated frequently eluting the tumultuous con-
versation which took place afterwards.
A' gentleman cried out to those who desired as much infor-
mation as could be given upon the subject, that those who were
asking questioni, merely did so for the purpose of injuring
the sale.

One of the opposite party.—By purchasing your shares, I
become a partner in your concern ; and if you contract debts to
the amount.of 30,000/. or 40,0901., I am liable for the whole
of it. I know 1 can come upon the other proprietors if Fcan
find them, but where am Ito find them ? (A laugh, and
tumult.)
Mr. Mitchell said the present condition of the Company was
an answer to any Objection of any kind. It was advancing most
rapidly to a high profit. Although it commenced under diffi-
culties, it produced on the 4th of June, at the rate of 4,0001. per
annum ; since that it produced at the rate of 3,000/. per ann.
and before 3lichaelmas it was expected, and indeed the actual
engagements fully justified the expectation, to reach between
10,000/. and 12,009/. _ ,

L' flow in the name of God can that be," said a gentleman,
" when the Company are.serving gas at 40 or 50, or 60 per
cent. lower than the chartered company ?"
It was denied that the Independent Company were serving
gas at the rate abovementioned ; but one of the shareholders
said they were able to serve 20 per cent. under the charge of
the chartered company, because they were able to go to market
better.
The person who mentioned the low demand on which the
shareholders were to calculate for their profit 4, said he could
produce proofs of the correctness of his statement as to the des..
Aerate effort to get a trade.
One of the proprietors of the 'lndependent Gas Company
imniediately gave the lie direct to this assertion, and defied the
proof.
Several names were then read by the gentleman who was
charged with the falsehood, and stated by him to be now pur-
chasers in the independent Company. and to have been pur-
chasers in the " Imperial." One, it stated, who paid 13/. 10s.
for gas to the Chartered Company, paid 81. to the Independent

cowpony ; another, who paid 41. l Os. 6d. to the former, pt id
21. W. to the latter ; a third, who paid 41. 16s. to the former',
paid it. 14s. to the latter.
This ~•atement gave rise to considerable tumult, and Mr.
Mitchell ah.emPtea to check it, and called upon the gentlemen
around.hini permit him to go on with the sale, which was,
he said, orerk'ce!sartly and improperly delayed.
A gengentleman'id,
.tit Mr. Mitchell, in endeaVouring to
V
`event a propel' it,:qtary into the state of the property in which
th6y were called utpt,:l3 to embark, was far from being justified.
It was not becoming tt: attempt to check by clamour the rea-
sonable demands of th,c! public, before they engaged in any
company. He desired a Cc: stinct answer to the question which
had been more than once aS'ked as to the liability of share-
holders. Was he to be liable to the whole extent of his pro-
perty, if he purchased shares', Co: the debts of the Company,
or to no more than' the amount of los shares ?

The Secretary to the " Independent Gas Company" said,
that every member of a Joint Stock Company was liable to that
sort of responsibility until the charter was procured.
" Here a-person said, " I was offered 2(1 or 3!: shares in the
" Independent Company" this morning at discount. I was
offered shares on whith half of the deposit of IN. had not been
paid."
Another—" They must have been forfeited shares."
" A third—Pray by what authority do you forfeit the shares
purchased by the public ?"
It was answered, that the full explanatfat of the rules always
accompanied the •transfer of shares. The contlitions on which
shares were to be available were surely well known. Those
who held shares, and would not pay upon them, must forfeit
the advantages derivable trom the establishment.
" And what time is to elapse," inquired a gentleman, " be-
fore the remaining 71. per share is to be called for? "
One of the Company replied, " Three months."
A person in the crowd—" Is the Company solvent ? "
The Secretary—" The question is impertinent, but I will
answer it. The Company is as solvent as it is possible to be."
The gentleman who asked the question said he was backed
by Judge Bayley in believing it to be necessary to ascertain
that very important question, a* the Learned Judge declared
that a company under such circumstances was jointly and se- •
verally responsible for the debts contracted ; the proprietors, in
fact, had no responsibility upon them.
The Secretary said that this was not a trading company :
there were no goods to be purchased—no debts to be con-
tracted.

" What ! " said one in the crowd, " not a trading company !
Don't you deal in coals ? "
The answer was in the negative.
The same interrogator—" A coal or a coke proprietor can
come down upon you and every one of you for debt, but you
can' come down upon a debtor. You have no act permitting
you to sue and to be sued, and you can't compel payment."
Here a long and extremely confused conversation took place,
from which we collected the following :—lt was stated by the
" Independent Company," that it was a regulation for the se-
curity of the Company that the character of any person to
whom shares were transferred would be liable to be scanned
by the proprietors, but that there was no demand to be made
upon the person who purchased until his title was admitted,
and that the owner of five shares should be entitled to a vote.

" Who," a voice cried out, " is to guarantee that there will
be a call for no more than 71., in addition to the 131. already
paid ?"
Mr. Mitchell said, " The body at large."
A voice-7" The body at large is a rope of sand."
Another voice—" You come here to sell your shares at a pre-
mium. I'll sell you 30 at 3 discount."
One of the Independent Company—" take 100 at that
rate."

Mr. Mitchell was then asked whether he would himself, after
the high character he had given of the Company, guarantee that
there would be no further demand than he had specified.
Mr. Mitchell—" Certainly not. The venders will guarantee
you.
A persqn in the crowd.—" That's nothing. If the Com-
pany is involved, the vender must be involved."
One of the Independent Company said, this was all done to
depreciate the value of the shares, but if it should be found to
have that effect, and the statements made to their prejudice
were false, a court of law could be resorted to.
The Secretary, upon being asked what number of private
lights were furnished by the Company, said hundreds nay,
thousands; so many, that the rival company came together to
express their surprise at so great a phenomenon of light.
An old gentleman observed, that overpowering as the light
might be to some, he saw he was doomed to go away in dark-
ness.—(A laugh.)
The confusion at length subsided, but not before Mr. Mit-
chell was requested to send for an officer to preserve the peace.
Mrt Mitchell said he hoped to sell the fifty shares in ques-
tion, at three premium. Ile had sold them at four. Ile then
put them up. The first lot reached a premium of 19s. g,r4 all
the rest reached 11., and wert.: uougit in.

ELZONI.— rills wonderful man yet lives to
the public in all those vast monuments of Egyptian art, with
which he has enriched England. But he no longer lives to
her, who, with all the devotedness of woman's love, accom-
panied him in most of his hazardous adventures. The Eng-
lish public enjoy the fruits of all his labour; rare specimens
of ancient ,wonder; jewels of antiquity ; which other nations
would be proud to possess : while those great and arduous la-
bours have given nothing to the woman of his love, the wife
and partner of his toils, but the melancholy task of telling his
story and her own, in Hieroglyphics not to be misunderstood by
exhibiting the models of those wonders which her husband by
great patience and labour, and sacrifice of time and fortune had
explored and brought to light, at once his great glory, and her
poor support. Every thing connected with Egypt is full of
interest. Here the root of Israel was nourished in a time of
drought and famine, and became a mighty tree : transplanted
to the land of Canaan, it in after ages bore the Bread of
Life; this fruit, so dear to the human race, found in this same
land of Egypt a place of safety and conversation from the
destroying menaces of the ferocious Herod. Here, too, at
Alexandria, one of the Evangelists, St. Mark, was Bishop.
And here, at Philoe, the persecuted Christians took refuge
when pursued by the Saracens' and offered up their prayers
and praises in that Temple, of which Mrs. Belzoni exhibits
a model, as taken by her enterprising husband. Egypt, re-
nowned in science, in arts, and in war, presents an object worthy
of our highest admiration. In Egypt the Grecian Philosophers
collected great stores of knowledge. From Egypt the Chaldees
brought their knowledge of astronomy and of astrology to Ba-
bylon. Moses was learned in all the knowledge of the Egyptians
1500 years before the Christian era ; 1500 years before any one
in England knew the use of letters- How interesting to con-
sider a people possessing the high attainment of literature at so
remote a period of antiquity ! how more interesting still to see
the models of the wonderful tombs which inclosed the remains
of that people, the extraordinary address with which they pre-
served the bodies of the deceased from decay, and the still more
wonderful construction of the suhterraneous tombs to prevent
the living, if possible, disturbing the security of the dead.—
These are the Hieroglyphics which Mrs. Belzoni presents to
the public; in these we read what :nighty Egypt was—as was
her great and enterprising husband—what the lone widow is—
a supplicant to the public for that support which Belzoni's
devotedness requires at the hands of Englishmen ; and we will
not refuse it. He finished his career of enterprise about two
years ago, in attempting to penetrate to the interior of Africa
front the Western Coast. His mighty spirit had essayed to
achieve that which no European yet has accomplished, and
Belzoni died; and we, and those who only knew him in his
labours, deplore the loss which science has sustained ; while
she, and the widowed companion of her toils, mourn over his
urn.—(Bristol Journal.)

CAUTION TO BLACKSMITIIS.—On Tuesday last
at Horsley Petty Sessions, R. Bushel, jun. was fined ss. and
expences, being the mitigated penalty under Air. Illartin's
Act, for maliciously striking a horse at Cain's Cross with a
hammer. _

At Sarson, in this County, lately, a shepherd
observed a hawk descend and rise again immediately with some-
thing in its claws, ascending to a considerable height in the air,
when it.sucdenly fell to the ground he ran to the spot; and
found the hawk dead, and a stoat, which had sucked its blood,
'during its aerial ascension, making oft' into a hedge.(Soiith-
ampttin Herald.)
new circular building, erecting for a shot
manufactory on. the south Hide of Waterloo (3ridge,
is to be 170 feet high, That elevation, it is said,
Kill give the lead dropped into the water for
shot a true spherical form.

PRICE SEt'ENprNcv.

.
POLICE INTELLIGENCE. . ..!
MR. MARTIN AND THE EDITOR OF THE
MORNING CHRONICLE.
GuratattAL.-111r. Martin, M.P.', attended yesterday be.'
Sore the sitting Magistrate, Mr. Alderman BRIDGES, to sup-
p art a complaint he had exhibited against, the driver of the
cabriolet No. 12; fot wantonly and cruelly ill-treating a horse
on Cornhill, on Sunday last. The proprietor bf the cabriolet
in vuestion is Mr. Abbott, of No. 63, Upper Thornhaughl
streaa, and his foreman attended and prothaced the man who
drove the cabriolet upon that day. • .:.
The Hon. Member usually opens his case with a prefatory
' speech t'pon the general subject of cruelty to animals, and the
great heoefits that have ensued ftom the statute which usually
bears hia panic, but upon this occasion he varied his, subject,
and addressed the Aldettnan in nearly the following words :
" Before I alter upon this charge, Sir, I must begleave to say
a few words apon the subject of the very virulent attacks that
have been made ttron me by a portion of the public press of
the metropolis upon several occasions lately. I am accused Cf
making distinctions hi the charges I prefer between the rich
and the pcior. I am charged by the Editor of the Morning
Chronicle with passing by all the acts of cruelty practised
by the nobility and highest orders of society, whom he dethtres
to be more cruel in their gtaieral practices than the middle and
lower ranks; and proceeds also to assert, that there is much
cruelty practised in his .Majesty's stables, and even declares
that his Majesty himself is the cause of it, Urging•as proof
the rapid and furious rate at which his Majesty's post-horses
usually travel. Now I can only say, Sir, that if the Editor .
of the Morning Chronicle, or any other gentleman whatever,'
will point out to me any act of cruel:), practised by the highest
nobleman or gentleman in the !anal be he who he mat; I
pledge myself to prefer a prosecution against him.' Now,
with regard to the treatment of his Majesty's horses, from
my fondnessfor these animals, I have beet' permitted long
ago to visit his Majesty's stables, which I have frequently
done, and can therefore say from my own knowledge that no
species of cruelty whatever is practised there, and if this editor
knows any thing of this kind, let him come forward and state
the particulars. As to the treatment of their horses by the no--
bility and gentlemen of the higher order, 1 ride in the Park
frequently, and I see them riding and driving there, but I ne-
ver witnessed any acts of cruelty. If I had, I should certainly
have preferred complaints against any of them. This editor
holds me forth as a scoundrel and a rascal. Now it must be
obvious to you, Sir, that my conduct throws me open to the
attacks of the lowest of the rabble ; and he, Sir, has expressed
his hope that my skull will be cleft sonic, one of these days
by sonic of the fellows I bring charges against; thus hold=
ing out even an encouragement to murder. I shall take care
what I now say, because I know that I um open to a prosecu-
tion, and may be made to answer for what I now say respecting
him, as surely as he shall be made to answer for what he said
respecting me in his leading article the day before yesterday."
The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to the case before the
Magistrate, and observed, " I saw the cabriolet driven past
the Royal Exchange at such a rate as would have subjected
the driver to punishment for the furious driving only, without
taking notice at all of the unnecessary and cruel manner in
which lie flogged the animal. There _were two men in the
cabriolet, and I cannot take upon myself to swear that the Iran
now before you is the one that drove ; but upon inquiry of the
owner, I learn that he bears a very good. chars ter ; and I
shall, therefore, with your perinission, beg leave to withdraw
the charge against him. 1 have no doubt be is deserving of
this lenity, for I am quite sure his master would not else have
given him so good a character; for .he discharged one of his
men against whom I had made a complaint, having first satis-
fied himself by inquiry of Mr. Quaife, at the Hackney Coach-
office, who corroborated every thing that I had said as to the
man's furious driving, &c. and yet this. is the very case the
Editor of the Morning Chronicle abuses me so much about,
and I dare say he will abuse me to-morrow for my lenity, as
much as he has before thine for my severity."
The foreman here said that the defendant had been with
them nine months, and they had always found him an exceed-,
ingly good man in the treatment of the horses under his care.
Mr. Alderman BRIDGES' expressed his surprise that the
1 Editor of the Morning Chronicle should have taken the licence
of publishing observations such as the Honourable Gentleman
had mentioned, inasmuch as be had generally found editors
take the side of humanity. He had himself observed, since
the passing of this act, a great deal more attention in the street
to the treatment of animals• They were not so hard drove, and
asses in particular had been much more kindly treated: He had
seen them formerly beaten with large clubs; and with regard to
what had been said as to the treatment of his Majesty's horses,
'he was quite sure that must be most grossly false. His 'Maa
jesty was well known for his humanity, of Watch many instances
had occurred in public, when accidents ',lad happened, anden
other occasions, which had gratified every body:
Mr. Martin.—l can assure ,:;„,,, Sir, that the King's name
was actually menti;;;-,', in the paper as the occasion of the
cruelty practised, but I myself know the disposition o`' his Ma-
jesty to be the direct contrary. I know that in the case taf a Pe-,,
lice-officer, I mean• Townsend, who was accused of an act et
.the
cruelty, he was forbid to appear about his Majesty until
affair was satisfactorily cleared up.
Mr. Alderman BRIDGES then addressed a few observations
to the defendant, in which he pointed out the great advantages
of maintaining a good character, of which the lenity this day
exhibited towards him was a proof, and he trusted it would have
its proper effect upon his future conduct. The defendant then
bowed, and the summons was dismissed.

REMOVAL of ASH ES CONTRARY to the STATUTE.
Bow-STREET.--Yesterday, Mr. CLangE, the solicitor, or
Craven-street, Strand, appeared on behalf of the Countess o:
Berkeley, to answer to an information exhibited ap.:ainist der
Ladyship by Messrs. Depree, the contractors foe dust of :tbe
parish of Paddington, for unlawfully removing, or causing to
be removed from her premises, and for her own prWate use, a
quantity of dust, their property. -
Evidence was given in support of the informaticm,; to spew
that the Messrs. Depree were the contractors under the act of
Parliament for the dust accumulated in the parish of Padding-
ton, and that on a certain day Lady Berkeley's servants were
seen by some of the complainants' men to remove some dust
from her Ladyship'« residence.
In defence, Mr. Clarke urged, that the dust was intended for
private use on other premises belonging to Lady Berkeley, 'and
that it was done in ignorance that it was illegal.
Mr. 31ixstru r.r. said, the case was proved, and he had no
alternative but to convict her -Ladyship in the penalty fixed by
Act of Parliament, namely, 10/.-I%lr. Clarke paid the penalty.

CAUTION TO HACKNEV.COACII3IEN. ' •
HATTON.GARDEN.—Yesterday William Bernie!, a youth,
apparently about 18 years of age, was brought up before the
sitting Magistrate, charg .1 by Thomas Edwards, one o the
officers of this establishment, with furiously driving 'a coach,
while in a state of great intoxication, into the yard- belonging
to Sadler's Wells Theatre, on the 23d of last month, and, with
using, on being remonstrated with by Edwards, the most gri)ss
and abusive language. The officer did not prodnee.liislstafi to
shew his authority; as he was conscious the prisonerknew,hiru
perfectly well; so intoxicated was 'the prisoner, that he'. fell
while in the midst of his abusive harangue and 'threatening.
gestures, between the horses.—Coachee admitted the charge,
and, in palliation, stated, that he had drank.a drop too'much
with a brother of his, whom he had not seen before for fourteen
years. Ile was extremely sorry for his Condiict.L-In
quence -of his. apparent contrition, and this • king his first
• offence, the Magistrate fined him in the mitigated penalty of
rive shillings and costs.—The proprietor of the coach, who re-
sides in Leather-lane, HolbOrn, stepped forward, and thanked
his Worship for .his.leniency, saying that: it was always his
wish, should any of his men obstruct the officers in their duty,
that they should be dealt with to the utmost extent Of the law.
• • IMPORTANT TO PUBLICANS.. -
MARTLEBON,E-STREET.—A vestry , clerk waited on Mr.
Rawfitsi sox, with a message requesting his counsel and con-
currence in suppressing a nuisance'Whieli daily becomes more
flagrant, the practice of public-house keeper* in having - their
houses open on Sundays, and having such numbers of drunken
persons on their premises, who are turned out by hundreds into
the streets just at the moment that divine service commences.
It was-suggested to Mr. Rawlinson, whether a placard posted
about, and merely stating the law on the subject, would not be
an advisable preliminary step.—Mr. Rave rsr so 14—I should
not like any printing, if it can be avoided. I think the best
way would be to send round in the first instance to the sever. 2
publicans, requesting them to be more careful on Snndays, and
giving the officers of our establishment . orders to patrol the
street, and take into custody any disorderly persons who may
be found on their premises. The matter we believe will be SQ
arranged. -