The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-18 00:00:00

SUNDERLAND DOCK.

The annual general meeting of this company was held at
Sunderland on Mosday, Mr. G. Hudson, M.P., in the chair.
Tne report was taken as read.

The CHAIRIktAN, in moving its adoption, entered at con-
siderable length into the financial condition of the company.
He said that in looking over their affairs he had come to
the conclusion that they either spent too much or received
too little in proportion to the magnitude of their undertak-
ing. Ile vindicated the conduct of the directors in having
a month ago altered their charge on shipping using the
duck from register tonnage to tons burden, and adduced
several facts to show that the receipts of the company were
very disproportionate to the accommodation afforded to
shipping. lie thought that a reduction might be made in
the working expenses, and hoped that by the next half-year
be would have a better report to present.
A long discussion tusk place; a considerable number of
shareholders present being shipowners, they objected
to the
charge upon shipping being altered to the tonnage.
The following dividends were agreed to:—X4 per cent.
on the £l2 13s. shares, £5 per cent. on the £6 55. shares,
and £llo,t. rer cent. on the ordinary £25 Ou,res.
r... 13 • .iced; Seutliclii, N. Flews, and Hart-
ley were the five directors who retired by rotation. They
were nominated! for re-election by the chairman. The fol-
lowing gentlemen were nomitrated from the body of the
shareholders:—Messrs. F. 1). Johnson, E. C. Robson, M.
Lonie, and John Charlton. The following were declared to
be elected by the show of hands:—Messrs. Hartley, Bram-
well, Johnsen, Robson, and Flews.
Mr. CLAY demanded a poll on behalf of Messrs. Reed and
Scurfield.
A special meeting was held, at which it was resolved to
issue the preference shares in reserve to bear interest at 5
per cent., the directors to be at liberty to recall and pay eft
those shares at the end of five years.

TESTIMONIAL TO THE LATE CAPTAIN PEEL.—As
might have been expected, the proposal for a testimonial to
the late Sir William Peel has met with such sympathy from
the public that the committee are enabled to extend their
original plan. It is now proposed that the picture of the
late Captain Peel shall be painted by Mr. John Lucas, and
that it shall be presented to Greenwich Hospital, on condi-
tion that a suitable position he assigned to it in the Painted-
ball. The Dowager Lady Peel will be requested to accept
a cabinet picture, copied from that to be placed in the
painted hall, and that a print be presented to every seaman
and marine vho served in the Naval Brigade
lender the
orders of Sir William Peel. Messrs. Graves and Co., to
whom the engraving of the print is intrusted, hope to have
it ready by May next. It was Captain Peel who suggested
the formation of the Naval Brigade. The gallantry and
devotion of that force are well appreciated by the country.
The premature death of the gallant young officer excited
such general regret that it is needless to urge the public to
join in a testimonial intended to acknowledge and perpetu-
ate the remembrance of the services he rendered to Ills
country.
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