The Sun.
London, England, 1833-01-12 00:00:00

CEDED COLONIES.

Demerara and Esse
quibo £2,238,529
Berbice 629,461
St. Lucia 595.610
Tobago 516,532

3,980,132
British Colonies 18,516,540

Total
£'22,496,672

A meeting was held yesterday of the proprie-
tors of West India Dock stock, at which a dividend of 2
per cent. only was declared on the h ill-year, instead of 3
per cen►., the dividend made on the last occasion of the
kind. It produced one of the most sudden and extensive
depreciations in value we ever recollect to have occurred

in any similar description of property; the stock of the
company, which was on Thursday 116, having been
quoted on Friday at 76, a fall of 40 per cent. The fact

is in some degree creditable to all concerned in tbe ma-
nagement of the company, since, had they chosen to spe-
culate on it, by disposing of their shares, for the purpose of
buying in at a lower price, the fall would have been more
eradual. To the proprietors generally such an announce-
tnent seems to have been quite unexpected, though what
has occured in other corporations of the same kind should
have prepared them for it. As evidence of a decline in

the trade of the port of London, the fact neces•arily de-
mand.; some notice. We understand that the directors of
the West India Dock Company ascribe their deficiency of
profit, to a certain extent, to the interruptions which busi-
ness experienced during the existence of the cholera
atnongst.us ; besides which some stress is without doubt
to be laid on the diminished rate of charge, which active
competition among the dock companies has produced_-a
circumstance which, though beneficial to the public at
large, must materially have affected their gains ; and there
is further an increased portion of our trade, which, fur
convenience of locality, cheapness, and other causes, is
gradually finding its way to the outports. We understand
that the directors of the West India Dock Company have
wisely adapted themselves to the altered state of things,
and made such a dividend as the actual profits will warrant,
not at all trenching on those of the half-year which is to
come—a precaution which has not always been bad re-
course to under similar circumstances.

We learn, by the advices from Stockholm,
that the King of SWEDEN was about to reduce the ex-
penses of his Ambassadors 10 per cent.
DISCOVERY AND APPREHENSION OF
COlNERS.—Yesterday afternoon, Inspector LINCOLN, of
E division of police, received information that a gang of
coiners were in the habit of frequenting a low hovel in
Kennedy's-court, St. Giles's, where coining was carried
on to a great extent, and that individuals connected with
the delinquents were there engaged in their nefarious pur-
suits. LINCOLN, in company with WILsoN, of the same
division, proceeded to the place, and, after waiting an op-
portunity, saw an old woman enter the door, and they
instantly entered and proceeded cautiously to the first-
floor front room, the door of which was fastened ; they
heard female voices in the inside, and they immediately
forced au entrance, and found two women seated by a
large fire ; a large metal spoon, such as is used in making
counterfeit coin, was lying en the hob, and a incited piece
of Dutch-metal was on the hearth. One of the women,
who was recognised as the wife of Paddy FLYNN, the
noted pugilist, exclaimed, on seeing the officers, " We are
done." A bad shilling was found on the old woman,
who took something from the hob and put it into her
mouth. LINCOLN immediately seized both the females,
and ordered WILSON to search her mouth, on doing which
ten counterfeit shillings were taken out. Piaster-of-Paris
and other implements were also found in the room. The
prisoners were last night taken to Hatton-garden police-
office, and examined before Mr. Sergeant SELLON, when
they denied the charge, saying that they had been tre-
panned. They gave their names MEARS and FLYNN.
The husband of the latter was transported for life, having
been the second in a prize-fight in which the St. Giles's
champion was killed. The prisoners were remanded.