The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-12 00:00:00

THE SUN,
_LONDON,

Average Amount.
Pease s Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and
Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 36,603
Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co 10;150
Peterborough Bank and Oundle Ban's.. Peter-
borough—Mesqrs. Yorke
Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson

and White
Peworokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and

8,998

9,685

W. Walters
Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and
Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven
and Co
Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co 25,825
Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and
Co 28,747
Richmond Bank, Richmond—Maxwell and Co 4,216
Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and
County of Poole Bank, Ringwood, Ledgard
and Sons
Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds,
and Co 5,295
Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank Roches-
ter—Day and Nicholson 8,446
Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons... 11,565
Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son 11,271
Rye Bank, Rye—Pomfret and Co.
Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy-
don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and
Co . . 8,676
Ross 61d Bank, Herefordshiro, Ross—Pritchard
and Allaway
Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron
Walden—Messrs. Gibson
Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and
Co 11,220
Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall
and 19,743
Co
'Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and
Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons.
and Co
Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne
—Valiance and Son 2,520
Southampton Town and County Bank, South-
ampton —Maddison and Pearce 10,853
Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co.
St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's—J. S. Story —
Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs.Brodie
Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury— Brodie and
r.. King
Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp-
ton—Atherly and Fall
Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore 1,830
Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge —Rufford,
Wragg, and Co 9,180
Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Cc 12,376
Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton,
Cayley, and Co.
Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and
Robins
Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury
—Beck, Downward, and Co. 19,285
St. Alban's and Herti Bank, St. Alban's—Gib-
son and Stuart —
Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock 20,170
Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and
Co
Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and

8,302

17,783

7,508

-
Parslow
Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns-

6,412

ford and Barne
Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton-
shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland
Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tying—But-
cher and Son
Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S.
Percival
Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and
Co
- -

Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith,
and Co.
Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Allnatt & Co.
Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick—
Greenway and Co.
Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox.
Brothers
West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract
Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, and Co
Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap-
man, and Co
Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win-
chester—Bulpett and Co.
Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester
—Wickham and Co
Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank,
Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse
Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank,
Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co.

6,985

11,975

11,519

7,006

7,670

15,669
6,980

19,700

4,57

36,507

11,344

20,65'

4560

15,586

27,699

_
Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech—
Gurney and Co.
Wiveliscombc Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W
Hancock
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good-
ricke and Holyoake..
Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender,
and Co.
Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank,
Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 63,202
Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley
and Turner

41,691

6,753

12,198

8,290

Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and
Sons
Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster—
Everett and Co.
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—
Messrs. Fryer
Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Haleaworth
and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney.
Birkbeck, and Co. . 37,885
Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great
Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and C 0... 10,210
Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten
York Bank. York—Swann, Clouzh. and C 0.... 37,272

1,720

ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKET
COMPANY.

The general half-yearly meeting of the proprietors
of this company took place yesterday at the London
Tavern, for the purpose of receiving the report of
the directors and the declaration of a dividend for the
last half-year. In the absence of Andrew Colville,
Esq., the chairman of the company, Thomas Baring,
Esq., M P., took the chair, and the usual formal
proceedings having taken place,
The SECRETARY read the following report :
The results of the working account for the first
half of the present year, which have already been fur-
nished to each proprietor, approximate in the aggregate
so nearly to those for the same period of last year,
that there is very little to comment upon in a report ;
and where the service has proceeded with so much
regularity since the last general meeting, it seems un-
necessary to detain the proprietors with explanations
upon matters of trivial detail, which necessarily vary
from year to year according to change of circum-
stances. Upon the present occasion, therefore,
it may be sufficient to state, that while the total
disbursements show an increase of 326/. 19s. 4d., and
the receipts a decrease of 1,0311. 3s. 10d., leaving the
surplus 1,4061. 3s. 2d. less than the first half of last year,
yet this trifling difference is smaller than could have
been expected, looking at the depressed state of ,the Bri-
tish West India colonies, the active competition which
the company has now to encounter upon some of its
lines, and the great obstruction occasioned by vexatious
quarantine regulations at Havannah. It is also gratify-
ing to add, that while the receipts from passengers have
been in some branches considerably diminished, the defi-
ciency has nearly been compensated by the increased
receipts on account of freight.
"During the present year the Eagle has been so
thoroughly repaired as to be nearly rebuilt, her engines
put into first-rate order, and new boilers fitted on board,
so that this ship may now be relied upon to perform in-
tercalonial service for some years.
" The Conway has also been home, had a thorough
overhaul, caulking, doubling, and coppering; and her
speed ao greatly improved as to equal, if not to surpass,
that of any other ship belonging to the company. The
Conway, like the Eagle, has again taken up the inter-
colonial service, and may be relied upon for as long a
period.
" The whole of the company's other ships are also
maintained in the highest state of efficiency.
" To replace the schooner Lee, the directors have pur-
-1 chased a new schooner, called the Eils, fitted with steam
engines and a screw propeller; which vessel it is hoped
(by the aid of such auxiliary power) may be so employed
; hereafter as to remunerate her coat and maintenance.

" The negotiation respecting the conveyance of the
Brazil mails has been unexpectedly prolonged by the ap-
pointment of a Committee of the House of Commons to
inquire into the Contract Packet Service in general, as
no arrangement could be made until such Committee
had presented its report. This difficulty however being
now removed, it is believed that matters will soon be
brought to a satisfactory conclusion. As the directors
are therefore unable to make any fresh communication
on this subject, they must rely on the continued confi-
dence of the proprietors that the interests of the company
will have constant and careful attention.
" In conclusion, the directors recommend that a divi-
dend of 21. per share, exclusive of income-tax, be de-
clared; to be payable on and after the 16th inst."
The CHAIRMAN then moved the adoption of the
report, and that it should be printed and circulated
among the proprietors.
Mr. RIDGWAY in seconding the adoption of the
report, congratulated the proprietors on the coming
of a good time, and stated that it only bore out his
prophecies.
The CHAIRMAN then put the adoption of the re-
port, and in declaring it to be unanimously adopted,
congratulated the company on the state of their
affairs.
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman and
directors, and the meeting separated.
The following is the working account of the com-
pany from the Ist of January to the 30th of June of
the present year

DISBURSEMINTS.
Coals—Freight and all Charges
Wages ... ... ... ...
Provisions ... ... ...
Stores ... ... ... •••
Port Charges and Pilotage ...
General Service and Stations ...
Coal•sacks, &c.— ... ...
Office and Law Expenses ...
Salaries ... ... ... ...
Insurance •••
Repairs of Ships and Machinery

Surplus

RECEIPTS.

... £31,528 15 7
~, 22,329 15 8
... 32,130 9 6
... 5,564 3 0
... 3,260 1 3
••• 7,933 17 11
~. 261 3 1
.•• 1,053 8 0
~. 5,655 6 0
... 12,500 0 0
... 18,776 3 0

£149,083 3 0
66,046 14 0

£215,129 17 0

Government Contract ...
Freight:—
Outward ...
Intercolonial
Homeward
Passage Money:—
Outward ...
Intercolonial
Homeward

... £120,000 0 0

... £5,574 2 0
... 2,521 12 2 33,183 0 0
... 25,092 5 10

. 27,766 14 7
17,155 0 9 61,941 17 0
.. 17,020 1 8

.E 15,129 17 0

SARDINIA AND AUSTRIA.

The Vienna papers of the sth announce the arrival
in that city of the Chevalier Jocteau, the Sardinian
Secretary of State, bearing Sardinian State bonds to
the amount of 60,000,000 f., which he remitted to the
Austrian Government as security for the exactness
of, the payments at the periods fixed by the treaty
of peace.
The Cologne papers have nothing new from Hun?
gary. They confirm the execution of the Hungarian
Generals at Arad, in accordance with the already
published sentence of the court-martial.