The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-08 00:00:00

♦SSETS.

Specie ... ... ... ... ... £252,333 12 5
Due to the Bank in the Colonies, on
Ells Discounted and Purchased, in-
cluding those Past Due ... ... 524,605 811
Due to the Bank in the Colonies on
Cash Credits and Current Accounts 166,845 7 8
Due to the Bank in London, on Bills
remitted, Cash at Bankers, &c. ... 207,645 9 7
Bank Premises and Furniture, in
London and the Colonies ... 15,032 14 2

£1,166,462 12 9

This account showed that the net profits, though
somewhat diminished to what they bad been in former
3 ears, were yet equal to 5 per cent. on the paid-up
capital of the concern. The state of the West Indian
colonies was such that the directors were not in a posi-
tion to estimate the amount of bad debts, but they had
reason to believe that they would not be so great as was
originally expected. They therefore recommended that
a dividend of one per cent. for the half-year be declared
out of the net profits, making a dividend of two per cent.
per annum on the paid-up capital. After payment of
this dividend there would be a balance left of 8,108/.
10s. 3d. to be carried to the reserved fund to meet bad
debts.
The Crx.tinmarr moved that the report be adopted, and
printed for circulation.
Mr. Bit.o wished to know if the bad debts were in-
cluded in the assets?

The CHAIRMAN replied that they %ere.
Mr. BILE thought the expenses of management were
very disproportionate to the amount of business done.
The CHAIRMAN reminded the honourable proprietor
that gentlemen could not be induced to conduct their
affairs in an unhealthy climate' like the West Indies ;
while, with regard to the amount tif business done,
it should be remembered that it was all of a safe
character, They were quite prepared to increase it
when they could see no risk in doing so.
A PROPRIETOR insisted that they ought to be put is
possession of the extent of their bad debts.
Mr. BASSET observed that they were told in July last
that the bad debts were no less than 100,000/.,"and it
ought to be some consolation to the proprietors to know
that they were likely to be diminiehed. He agreed with
the directors that that management was the best which
ran no risk, but still it was somewhat annoying to find
that their profits had been reduced by upwards of 5,0001.
The CHAIRMAN said he could not allow the pro-
prietors to go away with the impression that the bad
debts would not exceed 100,0001. It should be remem-
bered that since last ,July there had been several large
failures in the West Indies, by which the bank
was a serious loser ; and, although they could
not give an accurate estimate of the bad debts, it
must by no means be supposed that they would not
exceed 100,0001. In all probability they would greatly
exceed that sum.

The motion for the adoption of the report was then
agreed to, after which the dividend was declared.
The retiring directors were then re-appointed, and
thanks having been toted to the Chairman, the meeting
terminated.

TEMPERANCE MEETING.—The fourth of a series
of six monthly meetings in advocacy of the temperance
cause, was held yesterday evening in Exeter Hall; Mr.
Joseph Sturge, of Birmingham, was in the chair. The
attendance was exceedingly numerous, which was owing,
probably, in part to the novel and interesting fact,
that tho speakers announced for the occasion were all
teetotallers of the working classes, who could, from
their own experience, advocate the principle which was
to form the subject :—" Intoxicating liquors not nee, s-
sary for working men, either to assist them in their
occupations, however laborious, or to promote their
health or happiness." At half past six the chair was
taken by Mr. Sturge, who in an excellent speech eulo-
gised the benefits of temperance, and called upoe
the people of this country to follow the example
of this Americans, who, in the abstinence from intoxicat-
ing drinks, were far in advance of the people of Great
Britain. The meeting was addressed by several tee-
totallers of the working classes, all of whom depicted in
glossing colours the benefit of temperance to the working
man, and the evils attendant upon the use et intoxicating
spirits. At the conclusion of these addresses, a vote of
thanks was unanimously carried to the worthy and phi-
lanthropic chairman, and the meeting separated shortly
after 10 o'clock.
MR. HEALD AND LOLA MONTES.—The Comercio,
of Cadiz, contains the following:—" We learn that Mr.
Heald, the husband of the celebrated ex-Countess Lola
Montes, has, for the second time, taken to flight, aban-
doning his disconsolate wife to her melancholy fate, as
he had done in Barcelona. According to the on digs, it
would appear that yesterday morning the young
Englishman disappeared from the hotel where they were
both lodged, taking with him a trusty servant. A few
moments al:erwards Lola Mantes perceived the depar-
ture of her unfaithful spouse, and became a prey to the
most poignant despair. She immediately set out in
pursuit of him, but having uselessly visited several hotels,
she suspected that the fugitive might have proceeded in
the direction of Gibraltar. She accordingly embarked
in the Balear steamer for that place."
MADAME SONTAG. —This distinguished vocalist
and the other artistes who have accompanied her on
this tour made their farewell appearance for the present
at a morning concert which took place on Thursday in
the Music Hall. Having but recently noticed Madame
Sontag's performances at some length, it is unnecessary
now to enter into details, more particularly as the pro-
gramme presented few novelties calling for especial
attention. Suffice it to say that on the present cccasion
Madame Sontag displayed all those qualities by which her
singing is so remarkably distinguished. Her voice, though
perhaps less powerful than in former years, has retained all
its silvery sweetness, and is managed e lila a skill %bids
marks the finished artist. That she is squally success-
ful in the simplest, as well as the most complicated
compositions, let her performance of " Home, sweet
Home," and Rode's " air," with its variations testify.
With Signor Calsulari's "Una furtiva lagrima" we were
disappointed. It lacked smoothness and finish, His
voice is naturally thin and hard, and he increases these
defeats by forcing it too much. Signor Piatti's per.
furmances were truly excellent and fully sustained the
reputation he has justly acquired of being one of the
first violoncellists of the day. His tone is rich and full,
and his intonation throughout the whole compass of the
fingerboard is admirable. The fantasia from Lucia di
Lammermoor received a well-merited encore, in answer
to which he played a well-known national melody, very
much to the delight of the audience. Miss Hanson, a
young pianist of great promise, played a fantasia, also
from Lucia di Lammermoor, by Prudent ; and Signor
F. Lablache officiated as conductor, whose duties he dis-
charged most ably. The audience, though not very
numerous, was a very fashionable one.—Scotsman.
ARREARS IN THE COMMON LAW COURTS.—At the
commencement of the ensuing Hilary Term, beginning
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on Friday next, the common law courts will proceed
with the arrears, after hearing applications, in causes
lately heard, for new trials. The lists of the three courts
present a remarkable appearance, the aggregate number
of arrears, exclusive of the Crown paper, exhibiting
only 281. The lists of the Court of Queen's Bench show
142, the Common Pleas 61, and the Exchequer 78.
With respect to the Queen's Bench the lists are compa-
ratively light. There is not a single rule for a new trial
standing for judgment, and with regard to special cases
and demurrers there are only two for judgment, whilst
there are 53 for argument. On the New Trial Paper
a inr thenaer.
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and Common
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there are 87 rules, including the one obtained by the
WeeAly Dispatch in the case " The Duke of ;Brunswick
v.
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ing of the Court of Queen's Bench.
It gives us very great pleasure to record the
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wholly the demand
depen-
dent
re-
ports on all sides of the good state of trade in Sheffield,
which is of a more healthy nature than has been the
y
ceasiengfooonrf ordersarnuanii( from the
character,
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consequence
United Staten We trust that
the past will have taught both men stud masters a useful
lesson, and that Sheffield will no longer ba noted for
trade disputes, so fatal to both interests.—Sheffield Times.
PREFERMENT.—The Rev. William Hilton Hutchin-
son to the rectory of Laceby, Lincolnshire; patron, Mr.
Robert Liunes, Whimbleby-lodge,lpkwairc