The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-17 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.

Consols, which left uff yesterday at 881 for the Ac-
count, have been done this morning at 8813-, at present
not quite so good, and may be quoted 881 a for Mons y,
881 1 ; Exchequer Bills ; 4 6 prem. ; India Stock, 246
248 ; Bank Stock for the opening, 168 170. Spanish
Active also improved ; left off at 218 221 ; at present
228 8 ; Deferred, 104 11 ; Passive, 5a ; Portuguese
improved to 321 1 ; Three per Cents. 211 24 ; Colom-
bian, 211 21 ; Mexican, 241 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half
per Cents., 491 50 ; Five per Cents, 98 99.
SUARES.—Great Western, 17 19 prem. ; London
and Brighton, 101 dis.; Blackwall, 21 11 dis. ; Bir-
mingham, 73 5 prem. ; Southampton, 53i 54i per
share ;Croydon, 11 I per share ; Greenwich, 6 7 per
share.

PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.

Birmingham and Gloucester BO ...... 66
Cheltenham and Great Western. 55
Great Western

Ditto New
London and Brighton
London and Blackwall
London and Birmingham 90 165
London and South Western
Londdn and Croydon (Trunk)... 13.1 ll ...... to -g
South Eastern and Dover 23 - to
RALF- PAS T ONE.

Consols in the early part of the morning had a lively
appearance, with an improving market, and were done
at 881 for the Account, since which the Ma•ket is
not so firm,and has rather given way, it is supposed owing
to parties having realized at the high price of the
morning.
Up to the present time we do not hear of any arrivals
either from the Continent or the United States.

Consols may be quoted at present 881 ; Money, 88-1,- ;
India Stock, 246 ; India Bonds, 10 dis. ; Exchequer
Bills, 5 7 premium.
In the Foreign Market little doing, except in
Spanish Active, which fell from 22i. „zi to ; De-
ferred, 11 ; Passive, 5i ; Portuguese improved, reached
324, at present seceded to 32' ; Thre per Cents.,
22.9 ; Columbian, 221 ; Dutch Two•and-half per
Cents., 501 ; Five per Cents, 99. •
In Shares scarce anything doing. Birrrikgham and
Gloucester, 66 ; Great Western, 85 ; London and
Brighton, 294 30 ; London and Birmingham, 165 ;
South Western, 531 ex. div. ; Croydon, 11i.

SOCIALIST PROCLAMATION.—Yesterday, a
person who stated his name to be Rigby, applied to the
Magistrates sitting at the Police- Court, to know what
authority the policemen had for pulling do e n some
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obinalsaebygnoudre
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authorised
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bills which had been posted by a sccicty of which he
weaManaladgeg, aji
that
hatmrtaeaet tdn'et sbit
.oeetryphat the bills
do that which he (Mr. R ) complained of. Mr. R said
that was quite satisfactory, and he must now appeal !o
higher Courts relative to this transaction. The bill
above ailcded to was one put porting to he a proclamation
of the c nb-,ress of a society of Rational Religionists,
(assembled in Leeds, in May last), and is addresstd to all
sects, classes, and parties. It represented the necessity
there is for a vevolution to be brought about by reason,
and for the subve -sion of the present state of society, and
the institution of a;:other social system on quite a different
basis. It also stated that this revolution must he brought
about immediately, as the people cannot endure the great
improvements which, are daily making in machinery, an.l
the consequent depression of manual labour and means of
obtaining food. It concluded by calling on all to join in
effecting this alteration, and was signed Robert Owen, as
the Secretary of the Society.-111111 Observer.
THE rAcKETs.—It is understood that the
West India mail contractors are dissatisfied with the pre.
ference given to Dartmouth by the Packet Harbour Com-
mittee, and have memorialized the Admiralty against that
port being fixed on as the station for landing and despatch-
ing the mails. The plea is chiefly that the approaches are
dangerous, and that it would be impossible for any disabled
steamer to snake for tsat harbour with any confidence,
owing to the "outlying deneere," which are more par.
titularly alluded to by the Packet Committee in their
report of the 6th August. Meanwhile, the greatest
efforts aro brought into action to support the claims
of Dartmouth. Public meetings have been held at
Exeter and Totnes, and strong interest is making to con-
firm the Committee s report. At Falmouth a strong feel-
ing has been excited, and a counter-memorial has been
forwarded to the Admiralty, pointing out the inconsisten-
cies in the Packet Harbour Committee's report as regards
that harbour. The Government have not yet decided the
there was no room for both
Point, for the packets sta.( continue to touch at Falmouth
for the mails. It is evident that the Committee set their
feces from the first against Devonport, under the idea that
tree packets and the national
establishments in this harbour, a notion that we are confi-
dent is erroneous, and means are now taking to represent
the case to the Admiralty, though
the probability of suc-
cess is much weakened by the Committee not having even
.he i.v,
noticed, the
tgreate.T
iobai
d Mathew, advantageepossessed by this po rt. —De-
, vomport Telegraph.
i
en route to
Athlone, was
met at ,S
of Clanricarde, who 'conveyed the apostle of temperance
in her carriage to Pon`umna, whence he proceeded to
and,Athlone,,Shannon Harbour by the Marchiones
after preac 'ling there on Sunday, adminis.
tered the pledge at the Battorios
the same afternoon, and
the entire of Monday, to tens of thousands who congre•
gated about him, He was accompanied by his brother. ir-
law, William Dunbar, Esq., of this city, Mrs. Dunbar, end
Mrs. Hackett, iris sisters. The Rev. Gentleman distri-
buted 1001. at Mb lone, Upwards of ten thousand persons
took the pledge at Bruff,
of crossing
on Thursday, from the Rev.
Mr. Mathew.—Limerick Chronicle.
THE CROSSING AT HYDE PARK-CORNER.
—For some dap a number of iForkmen have been engaged
in excavating the ground in the centre
leading from St. George's Hospital, at the top of Gros-
venor-place, to the west gate of Hyde Park, for the erec-
tion of an obelisk, to be surmounted by a gaslight, which
will obviate the long-complained of incon7enience and
danger in crossing the road at that spot. It will consist
of a massive column of Portland stone, the base ,f which
is already fixed, and the whole will be finished .;n the
course of the week. A similar one, it is said, will be
erected on the crossing from Apsley House.

BANK OF ENGLAND-(THIS DAY.) 1

Tile Quarterly General Court of the Directors and
Proprietors of the Bank of England, took place this day,
at twelve o'clock. T. A. Curtis, Esq., Deputy-
Governor, in the Chair.

The minutes of the last quarterly meeting having
been read,

The DEPUTY-GOVERNOR said the present was one of
tl.e Quarterly General Courts according to the provisions
of the Bank Charter, and was also one of the half-

yearly meetings to consider of a dividend. Previously
to going into business, he had to apologize to the meet-
ing for the absence of Sir John Rae Reid, the Guyer-

nor, who had been recently married.—( Hear, hear.)
Ihe first question for the consideration of the Court

was, the dividend, and he proposed that it should be
resolved that the Court of Directors having considered
the state of the Bank accounts, a dividend he declared
of 34 per Cent. interest and profits for the half year
ending October next. He presumed that he would
be asked how the rest stood, and he would now
state that it omounted, up to the day when the
accounts were made up, to 2,852,0301. In April,
1840, it amounted to 2,867,2851. consequently they
would take from the rest the sum of 15,2551.
for the present dividend. That was a very
small amount to take from the rest, considering the
casual circumstances that had occurred in the course of
the year, and he would call the attention of the Court
to the fact that the rest was on the 10th of October,
1838, when they began to pay seven per cent.,
2,775,802/., while it was at present 2,852,030/. There
was, therefore, an increase in the amount of the rest,
after deducting the dividend of seven per cent., of
77,000/. Therefore the Directors were warranted in
presuming that there would be no diminution in the
amount of the dividend of seven per cent. for the fu-
ture.—(Hear, hear.) Having said that much, he would
put the question that the Court do approve of a divi-
dend of three and a half per cent. for the half year
ending the 10th of October.

Mr. SELWYN returned his thanks to the Deputy
Governor for the very candid manner in which he had
opened the business on the present occasion, and he
could not help noticingc, it as a gradual improvement
in the proceedings of former Courts.—(Hear hear.)
It was not until a very few years ago, he believed, when
Mr. Patteson happened to be Governor of the Bank,
that they then heard for the first time what was the
amount of the rest, but that was not until an interro-
gatory had been administered to the worthy Governor
to extract the information. To. day that declaration had
been volunteered by their Deputy- Governor, end he
could not help saying, that to his mind that was a de-
cided improvement on the former practice. As the
amount of the rest approached so very nearly what it
was when the former dividend was declared, and
as the amount of the dividend was not to be less
than at the last bal!'-yearly meeting, he felt
much pleasure in seconding the resolution.—
(Hear, hear.) With regard to the cause of the
absence of the worthy Governor, on that question they
were all united—(Hear, and a laugh)—and he had no
doubt they were all agreed in wishing him multos et fe-
het's winos in_ his new situation.—(Hear.) He did not
wish, however, to depart from his ancient practice, and
he should therefore try to ask a question or two of the
D. puty Governor. He wished in the first place to
know whether since their last half-yearly meeting their
had been any disposition of that part of their property
entitled " the dead weight r

The DEPUTY-GOVERNOR—None whatever.
Mr. SELWYN—Has there been any agreement or
new arrangement with any parties for the sale of any
part of that property ?
The DE PUTY- GOVERNOR—None.
Mr. SELWYN—I now proceed to inquire whether
there has been any alteration in the system of the branch
banks ?
The DEPUTY-GOVERNOR—None whatever.
Mr. SELWYN —And whether the system of branch
banks continues, as former Governors assured us, to
furnish a fair source of profit to the concern ?
The DE PUT Y- GOVERNOR— Decidedly.
Mr. SELWYN—Then I beg to move that a dividend
of 31 per cent. be agreed to.
Mr. WILLIAMS seconded the motion.
Mr. COOK said a printed extract had been forwarded
to hire, and why it had been sent to him alone he
really did not know, far he could not find that that any
other Proprietor had received a similar document. The
extract was taken from the Morning Herold of the 15th
June. The purport of it was to hold out to the Pro-
prietors the prebability of the Bank Stock being reduced
to 120, and to lead the Proprietors to believe that they
ought to be satisfied with that amount. He must pro-
test against such a course, which would occasion the
Proprietors a loss of half their property. He was
anxious to know whether they could have the report of
the Committee of the House of Commons, which sat
upon Joint Stock Banks, in order that they might know
what was likely to be the fate of their institution, so far
as the ultimatum of the Committee was concerned.
He did not know whether it was their intention to
maintain this institution as an institution of issue and
of deposit, or if it were intended to deprive them of one-
half of their capital by depriving them of their privileges ;
but having received such a document he felt it his duty
to state that he was convinced that the Bank Pro frie-
tors would be roost justly entitled to compensation if the
business were struck from under them. The interest
of the Proprietors did not rest upon the same principle
as that of the proprietors of other stock ; it rested upon
a Royal charter—it rested upon the munificence of the
Crown, accorded to them in gratitude for money
!cnt to the Crown in its last extremity. Therefore in
whatever point of view the subject was considered, the
Proprietors were entitled to col-ripens itlon. 'Play had
a lease of the premises, they had erected !hey
had entered into engagements upon the faith of this ;
and be would ask if it were just of any Government,
more pa. titularly of such a Government as the pre-
sent, to sir cep all their property into the lap of the
joint-stock banks without awarding them compensation?
Mr. YOUNG rose to order—The question before the
Csurt was the question of the dividend that was not
yet carried.
Mr. COOK—Before it is carried--
Mr. YOUNG would inquire of the Hon. Proprietor
if he meant to oppose the motion ? If he did not he con-
ceived that he was raising a discussion on a most dan-
gerous question, and one which was liable to be misun-
derstood out of doors. They stood upon the charter,
and there could be no doubt that until the expiration
of the charter, it was not in the power of the Legisla-
ture to make any alteration. 'Fire question from this
discussion might be misunderstood, and it ought to be
distinctly understood, that the Proprietors were under
no fears of any such alteration taking place.
The DEPUTY-GOVERNOR said that unless the lion.
Proprietor intended to propose an amendment, his
observations were clearly out,of order.
Mr. Conic was about to propose a resolution.
The DEPUTY-GOVERNOR said the question before
the Court must be first disposed of, and after that it
would be perfectly competent for the Hon. Proprietor
to-propose his resolution.
The DEPUTY-GOVERNOR then put the question, that
the dividend be 31 per cent., which was agreed to.
Mr. Coots said that perhaps now was the time for
him to make his observations; and, in the first place,
he would reply to the observations of Mr. Young, by
saying that the Bank Proprietors had already suffered
loss in consequence of these proceedings. Mr. Young's
opinion of stock might be judged of from the fact, that
formerly he used to see two stars opposite that gentle-
man's name, and now he saw but one ; so satisfied
was Mr. Young with regard to Bank stock.—(Loud
cries of " Order, order.")
The DEPUTY-GOVERNOR—Order, order.
Mr. Coors wzls about to continue his observations,
when he was interrupted by
The DEPUTY-GOVERNOR—I am decidedly of opinion
that no Proprietor has any right to allude to the pri-
vate concerns of another.
Mr. Coos would submit that the document was a
public one, and he had a perfect right to allude to it.
Suppose that two-thirds of the proprietors had but one
star and the remaining one-third held two stars, they°
might be overwhelmed and swamped. The moment he
had received that document be said that he could not
concur in it. He stated then that he was c?rtain the
Bank Proprietors were eatit•ed to compensation ; he had
sent in a claim for compensation to the Chancellor of
the Exchcqu r. The Chancellor of the Excheqer said
that the app ication mutt be made through the
Directors ; he had done so, and he wished to
kaow wh arsser had been received. The pre-
sent might not I e the proper time for discussing
the question, but he was prepared to go before any men
with lawyers' heads upon their shoulders, and contend
that the Bank Proprietors were entitled to compensa-
tion for the loss they might suffer. He was prepared
to contend for that proposition before any of the Judges
in Westminster Hall. The Committee sitting on Bank
affairs ought to be made acquainted with the views of
the Bank Proprietors on this question. They were
entitled to it now, as they had already come to a reso-
lution diminishing their profits one-half per cent. He
had now done his duty. He knew others who parti-
cipated in his opinions, but who were restrained
from giving utterance to them through false delicacy.
He felt bound say on this state of flings he thought
the Proprietors had a right to demand that Bank stock
should be placed in a fair state, and not given over to
the joint-stock banks, as was proposed most improperly
by a Minister of the Crown.
Mr. TEIOMSON believed that they held a considerable
sum of money in annuities, which would elapse in 1860.
With respect to that, he wished to know what was done
with the surplusage, whether it was invested in the
Funds, or what was done with it ?
The DEPUTY-GOVERNOR said it was employed in
discounting bills, making advances to the Government,
and other things.
Mr. TitosisoN wished also to know how the rest,
which consisted of annuities
_for a term of years, was
employed.
The DEPUTY-GOVERNOR said that was also em-
ployed, among other things, in discounting bills and
making advances to the Government.

Mr. THOMSON observed that he had that morning
taken a retrospective glance of the affairs of the Company
for the last 25 years, and he felt bound to say that the
present state of their circumstances was calculated more
to engender fear than encouragement. The dividend
to the Proprietors, which had originally been ten per
cent., had been reduced to eight, and then to seven.
Their losses had been very considerable, and yet
that which appeared to him to be very astonish-
ing was, that notwithstanding those losses, notwith-
standing their profits had diminished, they could find
money to send Directors to France to borrow money
from the Bank of France. How were the mighty fal-
len ! The Directors could also give money to the
building of churches, and they could also find the means
of twisting and turning about the building in which their
business was carried on just as if it was a piece of brown
paper. For years workmen had been employed in
making erections about the building which were a dis-
grace to the country. He should have been more happy
if the resolution he had to propose bad been brought
forward by any other Proprietor ; but lie leaped he
should live to see the day when that Court
would be as open as the India House. He thought a
seven years' apprenticeship to the Westminster Bank
would be a good qualification to a Director of the Bank
of England. The Resolution he had to propose was—
" That in consequence of the diminution of the profits
of the establishment, the salaries of the Directors be re-
duced half, the Governor one-third, and the Deputy-
Governor one-fifth."—(" Oh, oh," and Hear, hear.)
Mr. SELWYN said that, thirty-six years ago, the
salaries of the Directors had been doubled, and it oc-
curred to him that, as the profits decreased, it might be
reasonable that the Governor, Deputy-Governor, and
Directors, should participate in that reduction.—(Hear,
hear.) He thought, however, at the same time, that it
would be but fair that those officers should have a half-
year's notice.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. THOMSON observed that their last Governor did
not give the Pi oprietors six months' notice that he was
going to reduce their dividends.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. SELWYN still thought it was but fair and equi-
table to give a reasonable notice, as it was possible that
in consequence of the increase of the salaries of the Di-
rectors some of them had set up an additional chaise,
and therefore he for one must object to the motion if it
was pressed.
Mr. Cools was very much surprised that the Pro-
prietors had not received notice when the dividends
were first lowered. Some years aco, when the Bank
dividends were lowered from ten to eight per cent., the
Proprietors had regular notice.
A PROPRIETOR felt anxious that it should be known
to the public that the Proprietors did not receive more
than six per cent. upon their actual capital—not in-
cluding the rest.
The GOVERNOR called his attention to the question
before the Court. It was the reduction of the salaries
of the Governor, the Deputy Governor, and the
Dii ectors.
Mr. SOLOMONS begged to be allowed to defend the
character of a gentleman whose character had been at-
tacked—he meant Mr. Cochrane, the architect to the
Bank. He thought the character of that gentleman
had been unnecessarily sneered at, and he could not
allow it to pass without bearing his testimony to
the abilities of that gentleman, who was so es-
teemed that he had been elected to the office of
Professor of Architecture in the Royal Academy.
He was one of the most talented individuals in his
profession in the country.--(Cheers.) As to the mo-
tion before the Court, -he thought the manner in which
it had been brought forward was much wanting in de-
licacy to the Direction ; had he stood in their position
he would have felt great pain at the manner in which it
had been brought forward, as well as the matter con-
tained in the motion.—(Hear, hear.) No one ac-
quainted with the business of the metropolis but must
know that a vast deal of responsibility rested upon the
shoulders of the Governor and Directors.—(Hear.)
He objected to the principle laid down by the
mover of the motion, that the Directors should
be paid according to the profits of the establishment. It
was a most vicious principle, and one which lie hoped
his brother Proprietors would not agree to.—(Cheers.)
He objected to such a motion being brought on without
uolice—it was so important it ought to be discussed argu-
mentatively, which they were not prepared to do. When
they compared the duties and responsibility of the Gover-
nor and Directors with those of the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, and also compared their respective sala-
ries, •he did not think they would consider their Direc-
tion overpaid.—(Cheers.)
Mr. YOUNG thought it would be a matter of pru-
dence to allow the matter to drop, and go at once to a
show of hands, but as their proceedings would go before
the public, he felt bound to say that he considered the
motion as most injurious to the interest of the establish-
ment by weakening the confidence of the country in
their Directors. He would move as an amendment—
" That this Court continue to place unlimited confi-
dence in the conduct of the Directors, and return them
our best thanks for their attendance to the concerns of
the establishment."
Mr. GOLDSMID seconded the amendment.
Mr. Cools believing that the privileges of the Bank
had not been supported as they might have been, and
feeling that there had been a lack of legal advice, could
not join in the vote of thanks. He was of opinion
that the salaries of the Directors ought to be reduced,
were it only to put them on the pi vice. In hii opi-
nion the Proptietors Were entitled to compensation for
the loss they had suffered, and if they gave the Direc-
tors the six months' notice they would be far more
generous than themselves.
Mr. WILLIAMS was sorry that such a personal at-
tack should have been made on the Directors, solely
because they had not been able to produce a half-yearly
dividend of four per cent.—( Hear.) Were they to be
blamed because business had been withdrawn ? Ho
had the utmost confidence in the Directors, and he
thought it redounded to their credit that they had been
able to produce so large a dividend. If retrenchment
was the object, why did not the Hon. Proprietor submit
a general motion, and propose a reduction of all the
salaries?—(Hear.)
Mr. THOMSON observed that probably the Hon.
Gentleman was not aware the salaries of the Bank
clerks had not been increased, while many of their per-
quisites had been withdrawn. The Directors, however,
had not seduced their own salaries. He thought a
great deal of unnecessary expense. had been created
by alterations and enlargements of offices, for the esta-
blishment was large enough during the war, when ten
times the amount of business was transacted.
The DEPUTY-GOVERNOR would make but a few ob-
servations upon the notion and the amendment that
had been submitted. Mr. Thomson had stated that
the capital bad been reduced one half. He (the
Deputy-Governor) knew of no such reduction. The
capital was still 14,500,0001. Then Mr. Thomson had
stated the profits had been diminished. No doubt that
had been the case, but such diminution was easily ac-
counted for when the Government had borrowed money
upon Exchequer Bills at 31d. a-day, but were now pay-
ing only 14. cl a•day. That was a very good re: son why
the profits of the Bank were less.--( Hear, hear.) At
that time, too, one and two pound notes were
issued, but now gold was substituted.—(Hear, hear.)
With respect to the reduction of the salaries of the
Directors, lie would observe that every one must be
aware the Directors did not take upon themselves the
management of the affairs of the Bank merely for their
salaries.—(Hear, hear.) A labourer was worthy
of his hire ; and he could only say, what no
doubt every gentleman present was aware of, that
the labours of the Directors at the present moment
were ten times greater than during the period of the
Restriction Act. They had to provide for cash pay-
ment;, avid to convert their notes into gold, which was
a source of great anxiety to the Court in general.—
(Hear, hear.) If he had the honour of being in the
Glair next year, which was almost a matter of course,
with the permission of the Proprietors, although he
could assure them he was not all desirous of the situa-
tion, the anxiety in his mind would he greater than any
emolument he might receive would recompense.
Whatever the Court might resolve, whether they gave
him 4001. a year, as at present, or reduced it to 1001.,
be should fulfil the duties of his situation to the best
of his ability, and he should be very glad if they
could find any other more efficient person to discharge
it.—(Hear, hear.) He forgot to mention another
reason why the dividend should be reduced. Ti ei
had been for the last two years paying the Govern-
ment 100,0001. per annum, which was pretty nearly
equal to one per cent.
Mr. COOK—That was a most unjust transaction.
The DEPUTY-GOVERNOR—It is a contract.
Mr. BLACKBURN objected to the words " unlimited
confidence" in theamendment, which,coming as it did from
a gentleman who over and over again had put questions,
some of which had been answered, and some refused to
be disclosed, appeared to him the very limbo of arro-
gance.—( A laugh.) He objected to such terms being
applied by the owners of property to those who held
that property in trust for them.—(A Proprietor—The
word " unlimited" is not in the amendment.) He
complained of the house list system, and the house
instead
of system ; and he understood that,
of their Directors being the first merchants of
the City of London, they were now the cadets
and supporters of the leading merchants only. So
much for the house list and the house character.
He did not approve of their paying the Directors with
sweet honeyed words, and thereby covering over the mis-
management of the institution ; and he thought there
was fair ground in the altered value of money now, as
fixed,
for with the period when these salaries were
for reducing their present amount.
The amendment of a vote of thanks to the Directors
was then put by the Chairman, and carried with three
dissentients.
The DEPUTY-GoVERNOR then announced that
the dividend warrants would be paid on Mon-
day, the, 12th of October ; and previously _to
reading the minutes, be begged to acquaint them that
the minutes of evidence taken before the Select Com-
mittee of the House of Commons for investigating
into Banks of Issue, had been publ7shed, and he
wished to know whether it Was the pleasure of the Court

EVENING EDITION.

to have copies. It was very voluminous, aod would cost
9s. each for 3,300 Proprietors.
Several Proprietors objected to the expanse, and the
question was dropped.
In answer to a Proprietor
The DEPUTY-GovEasoa' said the Government bad
borrowed 13,000,0001. from the Bank, which a
bout
paid re-
paid by sums of 585,7401. annually, and a
9,500,000/. was now due to th.
The PROPRIETOR wished toem know what rate of in.
tereest was paid by the Government.
The DEPUTY GOVERNOR-41.25. per cent.
The minutes of the meeting were then read, and the
Court adjourned.

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EXTENSIVE ROBBERY Oil 1110.
FRENCH TREASURY.
-48 f.
The disappearance of the Sieur Matheo with nor','
Tr
2,000,000 of francs, abstracted from the 'treasury of
France, gave rise to great public scandal in the Yccr
1821. Msthco was in that same year condemned by
default to twenty years at the galleys, and to pay tb,,ee
sum of 400,000 francs, and enter into security to
'-
amount of 100,000 francs. Mather) was rcocuLLY ir.'
rested at Wurtcmberg, with the consent of the v;uri
temberg Government. and on Saturday last he was
trie
at the Court of As-izes of the Seine.
Oa being introduced by the guard, he stated, je all °
;
swer to the President, that he was born at MaYci
that he was sixty years of age, and resides at Stet°.
as a professor of languages. which it
The act of accusation was then read,from " .0
appeared, that in December, 1817, Mather) gal ''''
painted cashier of the specie in the Royal 'r as u r Yci
In this situation a vast deal of specie rev
through his hands. Not content with tu's 1•8 I
crative office, he devoted himself to conner?ifr
speculations. Presently he announced to his acqualtind
ances that in these he had been extremely successful ; l're
he commenced an excessive system of egPendituar:
which was maintained by embezzlement upon an error"
mous scale. On the 21st of November, 180' be I r
the Pao cof
ceived from the Director-General of
Department, an order to pa • into the bank the sure b,
500,000 f. But the large sums which
tracted from the Treasury rendered this
. ~ et the
On the 22.1 of November he presented birnsen Defoe
Treasury at nine o'clock, according to castor!. letter
ten o'clock struck he left the office, leaving 3 •ch
behind him for M. Piscatory, central cashier' bnidvihi
he excused himself from attendance on the grec;,l,- of
the
health. Medico did not appear ag, in I'llti'v 1111.113
day ; the key of his strong box had bleen left '' At
in the possession of the porter of the Treasur%„tiott
three o'clock, Mather) not appearing, an wasexalm; to
was ordered to be made ; and the result of this the
fundeit° this
discover that he had embezzled the public
amount of 1,860,000 f. (74,0001. sterling.) 'l3ld bf
sum was included 333,5051. (13,3001.) subtraCte
him on the day of' his disappearance. inatiortt
After the prisoner
had undergone a long ex° ill
ifieecce. h
the President described the style of range
he
Self et
witer
which the:accused had lived , in a splendid house
seven or eight horses in his *stable, keeping n° fewer
than three mistresses, and having a splendid cou ii.
house at Charonne. Upon this latter house aloe.o e
had laid out 100,0001., furnishing and decor` wi,„%a
luory
After
style of the utmost magnificence. Your
monstrous expenditure (added the President) Os
ruining you, led you to the commission of the c
with which you stand charged. ruin'
Prisoner— Speculations in the funds causetil,
The le6s.
President—This did not make your PI" ;,„- i OP
Public functionaries cannot, without acting o'7°oo
make use of the funds of the State to forweru tor
speculations in the funds. The President fartbcr bo
tinned the fact that Matheo, while at Wurternberg!so
been condemned to two y
sustain ears and a hail
Extent 411Pri
with hard labour, for forgery. in lII°
Twenty-seven witnesses were called to . coy
charge, but eleven of them were deceased ; "1'411304
es e ; si%
sequence of extreme age, were incapable of
themselves in Court ; eight could not be found,eots
only were examined, and fully bore out the stater
in the act of accusation. c
lie 00
Mettle() was found guilty and sentenced to I.' 'O, of
imprisonment with hard labour,' and to the Par
a sum of 200,000 francs.

ht
DEATH OF LADY DACRES.--H Laos a
er Eicher
who was widow of the late Vice-Admiral Sir, after an
Dacres, G. C. H., died at Beth, on Monday lila"
illness of sea eral weeks. ealleY
THE VICAR OF GEDNEY LOST were in
Long Sutton, Lutton, and the neighbourhoonf satardelf
dreadful state of excitement during the whele the nlY"e'
se
Sunday, and Monday week, in consequenee,nr v wbo
rious absence of the far-famed Vicar of Ge°,le',:sday, an
seen to go down the river in a boat on the Dal" Sin
was not afterwards heard of. It was feared that °lot o
day the parishioners would be deprived of the be bad
public worship, or be left to the mercy of the sexten;oool
luckily, the Rector of Long Sutton being en lies
sob
visit to his parish, his Curate was at liberty to; r—n ths;
the unhappy flock at Gedney. We are happy to nri !sea
the " lost is found," but his adventures by sea Ita-e.
would fill a volume: he and a friend were driven C)ti.°
the German Ocean I—Lincoln Gazette. A 0'
CHRISTENING EXTRAORDINARY. On -11'
day se'nnight, at Bayton Church, the liev.
christened no less than nine children belonging `narenta
Hancock, stonemason, of Bayton. The happy roue'
have only been married nine years.— Worcester Crow?
THE LATE JAMES SMITH AND '''cravell;
D'ORSAY.—Count D'Orsay set me down la s saying
street. " What was all that Madame Guiceioli
to you just now ?" he inquired. She Was tell if A
her apartments are in the Rue de Rivoli, and tetaforget
visited the French capital she hoped I would to PO
her address." " What !it took her all that time
that ? Ah, Smeeth, you old humbug that weal
James Smith's Memoirs, 6-c. inillB/1
The epidemic amongst the cattle
i?coat'sater.bogorer:::
on the increase ; beasts, as well as pigs,
Burton Goggles, Easton, Witham, and several n,"viith
lages in the neighbourhood, have been attack en
and a great many of them die.
CORONER'S INQUEST.-011 TtleSuaYat dee-S
an inquest was held at the Coach and Ilorses Ru7,ty
before Mr, Woods, one of the Coroners foe the c° asioav
Surrey, upon the body of George Saunders, autoestaioeSs_
who was killed ea Sunday evening last.
driver of her Majesty's mail.cart from Windsor ea tbo
Stain°, s$
the deceased left Windsor with the mail, for
It aPPear la
state of intoxication, about six o'clock that evenilio hi°
took gin and beer several times upon the roed.tersbeg:
return from Staines, where he delivered the lethelf-1/8
he was observed to pass by Egham, at about .0 boor:
seven o'clock, driving at the rate of twenty miles !toe s'
When oosite the winning-stand on the raeesenholie",
Runymeie, he ran the mail.eart with considerau., (ebv
knee against the chaise of Mr. Sexton, of Chertsretvoief
was returning from Windsor with his wife), eve
ad Oat
his cart, and throwing himself out into the r.....j0g
great force. Mr. Sexton observing the reckless do
the deceased, had driven his chaise close to one ;ogee
the road, and both he and his wife providentialliegeagee
unhurt. His chaise sustained only some trifling _eate
oThe man was conveyed in an aarently- lifeless %or
the Coach and Horses, and medicalp assistance
coots
diately procured, but he never spoke after the °fie aid
nor exhibited the least sign of consc:ousness. "
loel lb°
of concussion of the brain at half-past eleven n'e.aeoe'
same night. The Jury, who strongly condemned W.. it 0
duct of those who intrusted the deceased, when: Ay
drunken state, with the mail, returned a verdict 0.
cidental desth, with a deodand of is. on the cart, vsoe
TESTIMONIAL TO. THOMAS 17011',1G1 1,4,/
RECEIVER-GENERAL TO TOE POST OFFIC LONV%iog
It being known that Mr. Young is at present sojOurodstl
for a short period with Mr. Dickson, en eminent 14nresv
merchant, who has taken Woodhall for a summer ore
deuce, the Town Council of Kireudbright resolved on '0 a
senting Mr. Young with the freedom of the burgbe' the
mark of respect fur the high character ho holds sa;000
ability with which he has discharged the duties of var Oil
important and confidential public situations. cos°
having been communicated to that gentlemen, bile.reet
by appointment yesterday afternoon to Pscieeef
bright, accompanied by his distaiguished 'ooerf
Mr. M'Culloch, Comptroller of the Slat'el-eiglr
Office, London :who is at present in this
bourhood), and also by Mr. Maitland, of Barcaple; 001
Russ, of Culgruff; Mr. Bell, of Gribtrae, and (I:0d
other gentleman, when the Magistrates and -t*eltef;
waited on him and presented him with the, burgess
Mr. Young acknowledged the compliment' in wer! btot;
and appropriate terms, and it is but dues to the inun,-,411,10"
of Kirkcudbright to state that tho; (cern to sYrnial ire
very warmly in the mark of respect so handsomelY 00"
propriately paid by the Town Council to one of the
offita
popular and respected public men in London.---Pu dctec;
Courier. [ln this description we were puzzled tasvorthlt
Lord Melbourne's late private secretary, a aanegtele,
and honourable man, well known to many ,
in no degree a public man.)—Ep. SUN. Site
The Co
THE ATTITUDE OF FRANCE.--
tutionnel insinuates that France does not meet' tv"
the offensive, excepting in the event of a partitionobjebr
East by the Four Powers—a contingency than ore
r' or
M. Thiers is perfectly aware, nothing can be lop, eo
probable. There is not a syllable in the Con/entheeatirn
has one single circumstance transpired th roughout. t wein'
progress of the negotiations, which can je,tify slice Oeta'
ference. It is to prevent the dismemberment of the, be
man empire, an object to which France has professoisuelieso
self favourable, and not to partition it among the r bond°,ll,
that the exertions of the parties to the treaty °' hat eee
have been directed. To affirm, therefore, t""elent'
will is to
maintain an offensive position oiilY in teheeo.
confessinto
a stateth a t
of Franceexcitement,
of circumstances which fee never Rely to haPreerer-
bartce for so,
herself, without the shadow of a reason. ble exeundolg,el
has
atrhidroiwyrnipustehde
large
ele heaa on
doing. A man who takes an offensive posture, andieins,
in loud and acrimonious language to tilts° ern
which tech t °e'
have publicly and solemnly disclaimed, and
the pretext that he suspects them of an intention sy._
soon!
which caw;
them tog
out
at variance with the object that has drawls
and who then declares that lie never meant, to eelY4teeee
insolent menaces, unless some improbable crclet! liable
should occur which might call for his interpc,sitioo 2..'e gas-
to be If
to be regarded in no other light than that. of a 131`' coock
conading brawler, whose courtesies am onlY
hated by a contemptuous disregard of Isis d, tbc
the assertion of the Constitutionnel its to bo
is not
vra
position of France at the present moment "
more dignified or imposing. —Eveni"9 paper.
,iriartet.ll,
CORN.—Nearly thirty-two thousatio •_%r,
a
of wheat no rier lek
wheat, and fourteen thousand cwt.
duty at this port during the last week...*GlosOwt