The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-02 00:00:00

PENINSULAR AND ORIENT A L

STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.

The first Annual General Meeting of 'the Proprietors
of this Company was held on Tuesday, at the Company's
Offices, St. Vary-Axe. Sir Geor,,,re Larpent, Baronet,
Chairman of the Company,' read the Report of the Di-
rectorS, together with the Abstract of the Annual Ac-
counts laid before the Proprietors. From these it ap-
peared, that the profit on the operations of the Com-
pany for the year ending 30th September last, was
50,6141. 16s. 9d. That after paying for premiums of
insurance, keeping up the wear and tear of the vessels,
and a dividend of 34- per cent. declared in May last,
there remained a surplus of 26,585/. 18s., out of which a
further dividend of 3i per cent. was declared, being at
the rate of 7 per cent. per annum ; and a sum of
15,3571. 14s. 6d. then remaining was carried to the Re-
served Fund.

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The present position of the Company's subscribed
capital and resources, were stated to be as tollows:-
6,092 shares of 501. each, paid up and invested

in the Company's property
New shares taken in England and Ireland; viz
3,241 shares of 501. each, instalment paid
thereon.. 31,505
New Shares taken in India:—

732 shares in Calcutta}
Instalments paid 21,135
583 `•Madras
10,648 shares of 501. each,,amount paid thereon 357,240
Of which sum of 357,2401. the (Company had in hand
in cash, bills, and other available securities, on the Ist of
October last, the sum of 48,9061. 9s. 9d., and the addi-
tional instalment on the shares subscribed for as above,
amounting to 174,2551. will only be called for and become
payable as the extension of the Company's operations to
the East India Presidencies may require those funds.
With such means at their disposal, it is not contemplated
by the Directors that the present engagements of the
Company will require a further issue of new shares in
England, or Ireland, except to a moderate extent, in the
event of entering into further contracts for the mail
service with her Majesty's Government.
The Report also alluded to the possibility of a more
frequent communication than a monthly one, being at
no distant period established with India, in which case
the grant of 100,000/. made to the Company by the
Honourable East India Company, would probably merge
into a contract for the mail service. The opening of a
transit by Mehemet Ali for merchandise to and from
India and through Egypt, was likewise announced in the
Report, and subsequently a vote of thanks to the Pacha
was moved and carried by acclamation.
The reading of the Report elicited marked expressions
of satisfaction from the Proprietors, was unanimously
adopted, and after a vote of thanks to the Chairman and
the Directors, the meeting adjourned.

THE SUN, LONDON,..,THURSDAY, BE

r SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
COURSING.
1 NEWMARKET CIJA4I PION MEETING -TUESDAY.
Allingt9n Hill.—The'' Great Champion Stakes.—Captf
Daintree's Kin.- Cob beat Mr. Inskip's lanthe, Mr.
Bagge's Toad beat Mr. Gurney's Agnes, Mr. Dobede's
Douglas beat Mr. Everard's 'Antoinette, Lord Strad-
brooke's Magdalen beat Mr. Batts' Crucifix, Mr. Nash's
Go-to beat Mr. King's Railroad, Mr. Fyson's Fairy teat
Mr. Frazer's Dante, Lord Stradbroke's Merryman beat
Mr. Finch's Gibraltar, Mr. Dobede's Finesse beat Mr.
Caldecot's Delia, Lord Eglinten's Chester beat Mr. In-
skip's Idol, Lord Eglinton's Waterloo beat Mr. Moody's
Rowena, Mr.' Fyson's Fakeaway beat Mr. Saberton's
Souvenir, Mr. Eaton's Fantail beat Mr. Hustler's Charles
the Twelfth, Captain Daintree's Knob beat Mr. Good-
lake's Gentility, Mr..BiTant's Ella beat Mr. Bagge's
Telegraph, Mr. Gillett's Ganymede beat Mr. Vipan's
Violence, Mr. Gillett's Garcia beat Mr. Dunn's Barwell,
The following is the " draw " for Wednesday.—Gan-
nymede agst Magdalene,; Fantail agst Douglas ; Fairy
agst Ella ; Garcia agst King Cob ; Fakeaway agst Wa-
terloo; Knob agst Merryman Toad agst Finesse; Go-to
agst Chester.

DEPTFORD INN MEETING.—TUESDAY.,
The Cup.—Mr. Etwall's Westwind beat Mr. Agg's
Amurath, Capt. Wyndham's Whirlpool beat Mr. Bowles'
Bagman, Mr. Locke's Commissioner Lin beat Mr.,
Heathcote's Holywood, Mr. Goodlake's Gracchus beat
Mr. A. Heathcote's Hue and Cry, Mr. Biggs' Beaumont
beat Mr. Heathcote's Hockna,ll, Mr. Agg's Aide-de
Camp beat Mr. A. Heatlicote's Hour Glass, Mr. Good-
lake's Gruel beat Mr. Bowles' Boscobel (drawn), Mr.
Mr. Biggs' Benhams beat Mr. Wyndham's Wormwood.
The Derby.—Mr. Etwall's Eaton Boy beat Mr.
Wyndham's Warwick, Mr. Heathcote's Highflyer beat
Mr. Bigg's Bramble, Mr. Bowle's Bagdad beat Mr. A.
Heathcote's Holyday, Mr. W. Etwall's Will Watch
beat Mr. Locke's Laurel, Mr. Bigg's Broadside beat
Mr. W. Etwall's Whifler; 'Mr.Goodlake's Lanbonis
against Mr. Locke's Count De Leon, undecided.
The Oaks.—Mr. Etwall's Excuse-me beat Mr. A.
Heathcote's Haale, Mr. Locke's Lady Godiva beat Mr.
Heathcote's Handful, Mr. Agg's Althea beat Mr.
Wyndham's Widgeon, Mr. Biggs' Belissina beat Mr.
Goodlake's Lag last, Mr. Biggs' Beata beat Mr.
Bowles' Batimen, Mr. Locke's Mrs. Lilly agst Mr.
Bowles' Bassora undecided.

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LOUTH MEETING, Nov. 23, 24, 25, AND 27.
The Great St. Leger Stakes of 2001.—Mr. Fowler's
Dart beat Mr. Dawson's Slyboots (in the deciding
course), and won the first prize of 140 sovs. ; Slyboots,
the second prize of 40/.
The Cup was won by Col. Elmhirst's Marquis, beat-
ing Mr. Tindall's Lady Augusta.
The Derby Stakes were won by Mr. Foster's Classic,
beating Mr. Dudding's Derby.
The Oaks Stakes were won by Col. Elmhirst's Mo-
selle, beating Mr. Dudding's Dance.
The Duke of Cornwall Puppy Stakes were divided by
Mr. Neville's Nosegay and Mr. Gunning's Chieftain.
The Withcal All-aged Stakes were won by Mr. Fors-
ter's Lath, beating Mr. Atkinson's Vaulter.
MANCHESTER, TUESDAY EVENING.—The attendance
this morning was quite in keeping with the gloomy wea-
ther, and with the state of business on 'Change. We sub-
join the few offers, &c. of the heavy forenoon :

THE DERBY.
8 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Attilla—off
12 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Chatham—off
20 to 1 agst Lord Verulam's Robert de Gorham—oft'
500 to 10 agst Mr. Batson's Bro. to Potentia—taken
500 to 10 agst Mr. Ramshay's Moss Trooper—taken
16 to 1 agst the Marquis of Westminster's two, of-
fered ; or 30 to 1 agst either of them. Offers to take
12 ponies to 1 that Mr. Osborne's lot wins, viz. the Mar-
quis's two, and Mr. Booth's two. 300 to 9 appeared the
outside offer agst Ballinkeel. 1,000 to 40 was repeatedly.
offered against the Lord of Holderness. Several other
offers were made; but, for the want of "recruits" in the,
fancy way, no bets were laid.

LINES ON MISS ADELAIDE
KEMBLE, IN THE CHARACTER OF " NORMA."

(Her first appearance on the English stage.)
BY SIR LUMLEY SKEFFINGTON.
Charm'd into extasy, the glowing breast,
By kindred arts triumphantly impress'd,
Here proudly hails, amidst a classic throng,
The Adelaide of taste, the star of song !
These kindred arts a bright example trace ;
Grace form'd by genius—genius led by grace;
Skill that bestows, ambitious in desire,
A Grecian elegance, a Roman fire.

While fresh creations through thy fancy run,
Splendour in all, variety in one,
Supercelestial seems the heavenly tone,
For, in thy notes, the angels find their own.

THE FASTING MAN FEASTED.
The following letter is from the surgeon of Reading
jail :

RE_►DING, Nov. 28.—0 n the eighth day of Cava-
nagh's confinement I had good reason to believe that he
had taken a portion of the gruel which had been left in
his cell, and on careful examination I found that the al-
lowances for the three or four days previous, which
were preserved were much thinner in consistence then
when served to him, proving to my entire satisfaction
that he had taken a portion of it daily, and had substi-
tuted for it some water which had been given him to
drink, or some fluid which I will not specify, so giving
to the vessel which contained it the appearance of not
having been disturbed. The peculiar smell which it
had acquired confirmed me in my latter suspicion.
Had I been aware of this circumstance a day earlier,
I should have prevented the publication of the document
which appeared in the morning papers of Saturday, in
which I stated that I believed he had observed a total
abstinence from food and drink during the whole period
he had been confined.

I believe that notwithstanding the utmost vigilance
on my part, and the most scrutinizing care on the part
of the turnkeys of the prison, we have been deceived
in this trial, and that Cavanagh has, by some such
stratagem as I have mentioned, contrived to consume a
small quantity of the gruel daily without exciting suspi-
cion.

That Cavanagh can exist for a limited number of days
without food, or with only a very small quantity, I am
not disposed to doubt ' • but the possibility that he lives
without eating, or that he has not eaten for the last five
years and a half, as he asserts, cannot be entertained by
sensible and thinking minds, and his assertion may be
considered as one of the grossest attempts at imposition
that has ever been practised on the credulous portion of
the public.

It may be interesting for medical gentlemen to know
that the result of this trial has assured me, beyond a
doubt, that Bernard Cavanagh does not possess, as he
stated he did, or as is in some measure thought, the
slightest constitutional or acquired power of controlling
the execretory functions.

On the ninth day, notwithstanding the deception he
had been detected in practising, Cavanagh was observed
to have become very weak, and to falter in his gait as he
walked from the cell to the chapel.
His pulse, which
during the first days of his confinement had maintained
its force, and had continued at about 76, was found to
have fallen to 60, and to have become exceedingly lan-
guid and weak. He looked haggard and worn, and
asked anxiously when the medical gentlemen would be
satisfied with his powers of abstaining. As he com-
plained of cold, he was taken down stairs for a short
time to warm himself.

On the tenth day the appearance of his having taken
the food which had been left in the cell, was obvious ;
his pulse was at 80, and scarcely perceptible at the
wrists ; his hands cold and clammy, and he tottered
very much as he walked across the room. In the even-
ing he was taken down, as usual, to the fire, and in
endeavouring to return to his cell he fell down, apparently
thoroughly worn out and exhausted by the privations to
which he had submitted himself. Being unable to rise,
he was taken back to his cell, and supplied with a quan-
tity of gruel and port wine, and some bread, of which he
heartily partook.
Taking all the circumstances of this trial into con si-
deration, I am convinced in my own mind that beyond a
power of abstaining from food for a limited period, the
result, probably of gradual habituation, the doings of
this man are not entitled to much wonder; nor can I
think otherwise than that he belongs to a class of im-
postors who, by their own specious pretensions, continue
for a time to excite the curiosity of and deceive the
public, and in a degree the medical profession, but who
are, under favourable circumstances and ordeals, such as
he has undergone, sure to be discovered and unveiled.
F. A. BULLEY.

Guardian.)
STATE OF TRADE.
F Eon.
exceedingly gloomy and
languidM marketE
yarn, were exceedingly irregular, whilst the amount of
H s( Tr
yesterday,
hT eh ef ac
was
and 1 i eastn
prices,e r
both of goods and
business done was very small. Owing to the severe and
long-continued depression, the inclination to work short
time becomes more general; and many individuals, in
different parts of the district, have diminished their
hours of labour, though without any general agreement
upon the subject. Some efforts have been making within
the last few days. with the view of bringing about such
agreement; but we do not very well know what progress
has been made in it. A meeting of the creditors of
Messrs. Gisborne and Wilson, who stopped payment last
week, was held yesterday, when it appeared that the en-
gagements of the firm were 91,0001. After the partners
had made a statement of their affairs, an offer to pay a
composition of 13s. in the pound, by five different instal-
ments, was made, and was unanimously accepted by the
creditors, who appeared well satisfied with the recent
conduct of the partners, and with their ability to extri-
cate themselves from their present embarrassments. The
business of the firm will consequently proceed without
interruption.
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, Nov. 29.
—The market has undergone no change to-day ; the de-
mand for flannels has been about the same as that of last
Monday, and prices quite as low. In the wool market
there is no change to report.
HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, NOV. 30.----This was another
gloomy market-day in all sorts of goods, except
pilots
and other heavy woollens, which were in tolerable de-
mand. The general trade was decidedly flat, unprofit-
able, and discouraging. Prices are nominal. Ware-
house business is much in the same state ; and trades-
men are generally at their wits' end to know what to do,
and whom to trust,

MASSACIIUSETTS SCHOOL STATISTICS.—The amount
raised by tows taxes the last year, throughout the State,
for school purposes, was 15491,015 28, which, added to
the amount of income of the surplus revenue appropri-
ated to the same object, of P,529 48, makes an annual
appropriation of half a million of dollars. The number
of children returned, between the ages of four and six-
teen, is 183,492. The average sum appropriated to the
instruction of each child, is 02 70.