The Sun.
London, England, 1821-09-21 00:00:00

SFORTING INTELLIGENCE.

I - ' DONCASTER RACES, , IVEI?NESDAY, SEPT. 19.
iI Sweep,4;takes of 250 guineas each, ; colts, Bst. 31b. fillies, Bst.
• St. L4ceriCourse.
1 Sir M. Syk.a's 15r. c:Srnolerins-o ' ' - - - 1
1-...N.1r. Watts 's "Catilarli, by Corberus - - - - 2
Air. .iiirs.J.l. gr, f. by C.erous - - :.- - 3
6t04 on the wiener. 1.370ri by several lengths.
The Gaszo4.sne Stakes of IC,Op each ;- colts, Bst 31b. fillies, Bst
21h.. tt. Lty,er Course. •
Mr. Nryvill's Afy LadY r.. - - - ' - 1
Mr. hunter's Oustavus - - - • - 2
Lord Ibliltori's Sandbezk ' - - -
.. - - die.
Three only itartod. `z.landbeek fell. in running, and the horse
was larrr.d, and Gat, Via jockey, hurt. 3to 1 agst Aly lif.dy ;
5 to 4 agst Sarrlblick ;.), and 2to agstt.lustavus. W6n by a
ze;:k.'
The Donceater Stakes of 19gs each, with. 2pgs added.— our-
teen(F Sa::iscribers.)--Fol,r T.silts. Mr. Lambton's BOrndinc,'4 yrs,.7.qt 716 - 1
Mr'. Pitrse's Reveller ' - - ..
_. - 2
Two statid. 6t02 on Reveller. A the rvc,; to the end.
The Foal Stakes or .li/ta ea';.:,was VlO4 by torodino, the
favurit,-...f0r th,: 1;611 Can. ,• . . "

- - MARGATE :'W.44.2ES (VtatsT .DA-v), StrT. 19.
- - . The Aiargateflate Of MX. Two rbilo.b::ats.
Mr. lirliitside's.ch. h.:Wouvermans,. 6 yrs -
Mr. Page's b. v. flaphata-al, aged - ,
Mr. Iliown's b:. g. Marksman, aged • --• • -
Sir J. Hontywood'3 gi. f.. :4e.rry-inaid, 3 yrs -
Mr. Maplesdcn's bl. t'. 'Corset, 4 yrs - -
\lr.-Palmer's th. f. by 'Pruines.3 yrs - -
3 to .2 on Wouvernians—an excellent race.

2 2
3 dr
5 dr
ti dr

Hunters' Stakes of .s.zs each, with U. added froin•the Fund,
Two.ruile heats.
Mr. Riekwood's ch. m. 14 osebud, ageel
Mr. 3linsQr's A. in. Whitestockings, 6 yrs
Mr. lan pouch's br. g. IVitacss, aged
Pahner'S ch. g.
A fit,. and rode by gentkinm.

2 .2
3 dr
4 dr

SHREWSBURY RACES, Turs'DAY; SEPT. 13. •
AiSwoepstaicts of 154.9 each, with a clear'Pors!.. of ;.4.ot;s, even
.by the Town, p, p. tbr all ages. To start at the distance
chair, and run twice round the course and a distance.
.Grunenor:s br. c. Belvidere, 4 yrs old. 31b. - 1
Sir T. flunky's L. h. llarrnodius., 5 yrs old, tist. 121 b. 2
A Purse of 4.:GU, given by the lion. 11. Bennett, M.P. and P.
Corbett, Esq. M.P. for rittilden hbies; &c. of all ages. Two-
- mile heats. To start at the distance chair, and go twice round
and a distance each heat.
Sir T. Mostyn's ch. c. Blood 4oyal, 3 yrs old, Gst. 121 b. 1 1
Mr. )1. Jones't, ch. f. Phcebe, .4 yrs, list, 31h. ' 3 2
Air. Seel's b. c. BLtem, by 6'rhojetisko;4 yrsf,!!st.3lb. 2. 3
..Nkr. li. lioberts's b. c. by Juniper, 3 yrs, Gst. 121 b. bolted

CURRAGIT SEPTEMBER MEETING.—FRroAY.
King's Plate of 1000, for mares, lifst. each. Four-mile beats
Mr, Hunter's Thetis - -
Mr. K.ennedy's Hark Antony -
Shrsv's Violet . - - -
Pckur others started, but were noe placed

0 3

First Class ofthe Peel ~tykes, for-two-y.r-des ; colts, Sst. 41b.
bst. -Two!yz=alii Course.
Mr. Blake's -Welcome
3lr. Prendergast's Jui)etto filly
Balttisby's kiily Bayley

On 3lhn se'nrigbt, some excellent-Races took .place cn
the Town 3lucr, .Morpeth, among the Officers of the 2d 'Dm,
goon 4, row stationed in ch.?, Barracks there.

wesepstakes of 1.1 g; each, p. p. -one mile'heats.
Liert. Copeland's br. h. - - - - 1 2 1
Cain. SteWal Cs b. h. - - - - - 3 1 '2
Li:Att. Piyou's b. h. - - - - '2 3 3
Li:tut. Copeland's bay horse beat Lieut. Piyou's chesnut
horse. On; mile.

•' The Ga.: Cap, at Northampton- Races, was won by Mr.
Me.berley's Coxcomb, beating, five others►; and the County
Pl4te by licld"s Vanloo, ar...1 the HandicaP by the same
base.. •

- li., Petre has 'sold his brown filly by 'Pericles, dam by.
Bening.brough, and :I:lr.:Wilson his black colt by Whitelock,
and his two-year old colt by out of SOphia,' to go to
Ituscia. . . • -

IV-e. understand that Martin •has challenied Randall to an-
other fight, for the satne sum. staked at the late fight. Martin
sot, attrft,.ltes his failure to striking his head against the Stake
as he fell, While cl-Ds;nl3; with Randall.' No appOintment is
made, and much speculation- is -now afloat in the pugilistic
.world, :a to whether Randall will accept the challenge or cie-
.
cline it.

• Ciu ;13. ST FALlNG,____livednesday a man underwent the
senterice of law in Gloucester by being flogged at tliC cart's
tail throtwh the principal streets of City,. for the crime of
child stealing to an extent probably that never, before was prao-
ti.,..-d in this country,, having stolen no less than five children,
three of them of one. family, and the oldest only four years of
age. An incalculable concourse of people were collected to see
the punishruene in iieted; the pin-manufactory and other places
of. business were rleserted during' the time: the Women ,were
particularly violent in their execrations against him, they called
out to the executioner that he did not flog him sufficiently"se-
verely, herd •at the _conclusion of the `flagellation, and on his
being untied fnini the cart, it was with the greatest difficulty
that • he was kept from fieir vengeance on his way back to the
prison. It is understood that the cruel and unfeeling wretch
said that he had been en-iployel to steal the children, but re-
fused to tell the motive.

THE THEA,TRE4;'

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DRURY- tAkt:--'-A tier the Melo-drame
rat* Duodl, and The Goronatilw; a new Farce
was brought forsiard last night at this Theatre
under the title of lticifisiaur- 7'onsoli founded
upon the tale, rendered very popUlar in its day by
the i'ecitation of Mr. FAWCETT in the Readings
at, Freemason:' Hall.—The tale itself, consisting
chiefly in the ludiCionS repetition of a. single in-
cicikt, could riot bo dramatized without CODS!.
derail,` additions. These tid.ditions,, of tOtirse,
introduce k-,beroine and a love-plot, and there
fore, instead o disturbing the old Frencliman.at
night Merely 'with-- the inqUiries of the hers
. .
Of the tale, Tom Zing, after Mr; Thomp-
son, many persons are eishOoyed to .rouse the
former front his slumbers, with the it Cue
cation:, The farm, therefore, is widely different
froM•the tale, but is rendered very everting in
elfect, atid the author has displayed ingenuity hi
the variation and expansion. The piece is 'attri-
buted to Mr. MoscaiErP, a- prolific and successful
contributor to the Minor Theatres. ..ft was well
stipported•by COOPER, 13Aati,trtn,-
and Mrs. BL. but more pattiCuliirly bY.
GATT/E)" in the persecuted and irrititled old
Frenchman. - The. farce highly ethused the an...
dietice, and was antionticeifor repetition, with
the consP.At of a very ntirocrotts audience:
11.-YmAnßE'r.---Jitifi theatre, which has .beefs
ftkrtilk ip drainatiC no;k4ties during the present
-season; fast night prothiced a Play in three
a cts '6n ti t /eel iii.llteh-breakitig; or a Pri-iice's 1)7-c
scat. The following is given as an outline of
the fable . .
The-scene is laid in Germany, Where the German family of
De Stromberg, whoa arc rather disloyal ir. their conversation
and SentimentS, have bethroted their niece Emma to 1d •ar
Capfain in the i)tinee's Guard. Ed oar, howeier, has
great reasOn •be jealous of the Prince himself, who corn ~s
into the family in the disguise of his relation Hoffman, a
Profess:bi- of r in.l osopoy. At the Moment 'of signing the con-
tract, the supposed • Profess,* snggests the • necessity of the
Prince's written 4enSent to the marriage, but the Baroness and
the three brothers be Stromberg, in a lofty and satirical ASGCr-
tion of th6r indeperdence, spurn the idea, and insist on pro-
ceeding. .At the critical moment, It present aezives from the
Prince, conveyed by one of his .1)..e.5, to Emma, with a oran-
pliniente.ry inscription—this produces a sudden change. Tne
family are astonished, the-contract is suspended, and the Inde-
pendents are suddenly seized with the hope of marrying Ennuis
to the Prince hiuitelf. The younger brother,. Stefano:, an
empty self-efreient coxcomb, who is constantly buzzing about
the court, with an affectation of despising it, ii sent in seare. of
information.
.The Professor Roffman has written against the
Prince, and to the supposed Professor Solomon is very free of
his satire and invectives against Government. The Prince,
who has in fact been struck with a- passionate admiration
of Emma, becomes, in . the course of his visitl, incognito,
still More enamoured of the simplicity and purity of her
heart, and the jealousy of Edgar is exasperated to the highest
degree. Every appearance • increases the napes of the family.
Tee Prine..., sends notice of a public visit; at this moment
ttn officer arrives in Mb. family to arrest the supposed E'refesscr
for his writings against -the Prince. The family are in the
greatest alarm, and immediately daerminc on turning the Pro_
lessor out, that he may not be found in their house,- The
Prince's arrival is announced, and at the moment they should
welcome, they are bent on removing him in his assumed cha-
racter. At this point he discover himscrif, joins the lovers, ex-
prEsst:s a gOod-humoured retort on the apostate maiwntents,
whom he freely forgives, and the curtain falls.
This plot is well constructed, acd excites in
parts a strong interest, but that interest wilt he
increwied when the piece is reduced into amore

. _
cOmpacc. form by judicious curtailment.• The
opposition of political sentiments in ale. -sa!rAs
family, and the change of th-.;,se sentiments hi-
the progress of the plot, are calculted to excite
aitention and sympathy. Though the' fable is
in general of a serious, nature, 'it is agreeably re-
lieved by lighter-incidents, variety of characteri;,
and sallies of htimour. Mr. KENNY accorifiz:.;
to report, is the author, and it is not unworty
of the dramatic reputation which he has de-
servedly acquired by his former production
The piece was admirably supported by the pr•-.-
formers, among whom most entitled to applau.-:
were TERRY in the Prince. Solomon by
Edit!i! by Dtc.oar, Mrs. CHATTERLY in the htl
oine, and Miss Coital as Page to the
s well for her acting as for her -musical excr-
' The-audience 'filled the .theatre, and•WiVi
%vat m anduniversal applause ratified its repetition..

ions.

1231.Pitr.

Mr. ELLISTON, it is said, has in preparation a
grand pageant for Drury Lane Theatre, combi;4-
ing the principal scenes of the Kt N;;'s visit to
Dublin, in one of which there will be not le4s
than forty hOrses..On the stage at the same tirnp.-
Mr. T. PHILIPPS, late of covent-,a(411
Theatre, and Mrs. PHILIPps; sailed on the Is-t
instant in the Albion •Liverpool.p.a4ct, for N-tiw-
Yoik, with. Mr. PatcE, the proprietor ofilia in that city, who had been • severlit
months in England on professional business. L-
- PRICE has •also carried with him.Mr.'fi.oft
and Mr, CowELL, of the London Theatres; awl
a young Lady of great vocal pro:Oise from Dab-
lin. Mr. PRIC also made large wardrobe pur-
chases, and means; cyn his arrival in America, titbring out The Coronation, formed upon the
models exhibited at Drury-lane and CoVent-
garden.

The new Opera fituse at Paris, produced fOr
the first seven nights of its perforrnatice,• the sun
of 41,924 francs. The Theatre is much criticised
it is extremely defective—the boxes are so C'ol2.
structed, that the ladies niust stretch their neck's
out.with torture, to enjoy the pleasure cf seeing
and. hearing. The architect• intended to orne-
meat the front with the statues of the Nine iNiusec,
but he left himself room for only eight. The
wits say he did this because the Muse .of Archi-
tecture did not preside Over the building.,
A distinguished gentleman of Pensylva%ia,
whose nose and chin are both very long, and who
has lost his teeth, whereby the nose and chin are
brought pretty near together, was told, " I aiu,
afraid your nose and chin ►rill have a fight before
long ; they approach each other very menac-
ingly."." I afraid of it myself," replied the
gentleman, " for a good 'many Words have passed
between them already."

A REMARKABLE METEOR.--About fel 0.:10!*%
in the evening on Wednesday se'nnight ve';v
luminous'meteor was olnerv( d a little to the
,west of Ireckington ; its course was from north 'to
south, and there being no clouds in that'directi:,m
at the time; it was seen very distinctly. in ap
pearance it resembled a large globe of ; i!s
train consisted of four. or five smaller. globes,
which were plainly perceived to emanate from
the larger one, and became grulnally ‘cnaller
until succeeded by others ;• the whale rernaivin,l•
in sight until the flame they emitted seemed 'to
be exhausted.

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THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY EXTRACTS FR0.14 THE AIORrINC i'XPERSS

September -2
1 .

[MORNING POST,]
The Apologist for Sir Robert Wilson 'tells us
that his sole offence consists in having ridden• up,
on the day of the Queen's funeral after the firing.
had commenced, to Captain Oakes, and remit-
-strafing with him on the conduct of the soldiers
-under his command, which he Said was dis-
graCefll to tlic_Regiment and injurious to the
character of the service." This, which is given
as the whole amount of his offence, also forms,
fAange to say, the whole defence urged in his
,behalf,; Suspicions had been previously enter-
tained and publicly expressed that the_ gallant
Knight had.availed himself of,his military expe-
rience to organize the military obstructions
,hich were opposed to the regular progresS
of the Funeral. These suspicions " appeared
to his friends too serious not. to be rebut-
ted, and if they could not plead complete
iilnocence on the part- of their. adopted client,
they thought that the best mode of clearing him
from sa grave a charge; was to substitute another
which they considered lighter in its nature. But
'nova that they have executed their purpose, do
they really think that the situation of
.their hero
is improved ? Ike was suspected of secret.man-
agernent to resist the Civil Posier and the Mili-
tary--they convict him at once, if they are to be
.believed, of a most audacious and .most dangerous
-interference at a moment Of open battle between
the. people and the_tnilitary, in favour of whom.?
—not of a derided and overawed,-Magistracy
.not-of insulted, wounded, bleeding, and almost
overpowered soldiers—no ; but in favour of
. a furious mob, engaged in acts of assassination,
and in the violation of all the laWs of the
land ! They -proclaim -him guilty. of having
- come forward .at a period *hen little less
than :successful rebellion was carrying on, to
reproach the defenders of order. with the con-
- starfc.'y and energy of their efforts to restore it!
. Nay, to reproach them, not only in languagez.the
. most offensive, but in the hearing of that very
Mob, whom every word from such an ally was
caleulated to fire with tenfold. audacity and des-
• feration ! If this be justifying their friend,. the
adVocates of Sir Robert Wilson. have done it
with a vengeance. They have. changed._ the na-
ture of the charge against him. But how ? By
substituting one still darker
.and more offensive.
They havecescued him ..from the imputation. of
" obscure plotting, to present him in the light of
...bold, undisguised rebellion! From such friends
fleaven defend us all. Let us trust that they
had no grounds for what they haVe said, and that
. the gallant Knight will
.be able, at his retnrn, if
..not to clear himself from all blame, at least to
. shew:that he has not acted in base. 'and cri-
.minal.a. manner, as he has been represented by
..his apologists to have done.
..

. .
, - [MORNING cnnoNict..c..]
We have heard it said that Sir Robert Wilson,
in consequence of some: reports which had come
to his .knowledge,` waited on the Secretary to
the Commander-in-Chief, with -a view to know
.whether any circumstances existed which might
:render it inexpedient for him to leave the country
as business' of an urgent nature required his-pre
sence at Paris;"and that the answer 'he received
was so far- satisfactory, that he did not hesitate
JO set out for Paris. . In consequence of the •pro-
ceedings which have taken place in his absence,
he will, no doubt, return without
"delay, and in
the mean time, we think it right to abstain'from
entering farther into the subject: When. the
-natiire of the: circumstances, and of the inquiry
into them, which preceded his. formal removal from
the service,are laid b fore the public, -we shall
then be enabled to decile how far the discretionary
• power in the Government has in this case been
properly -exercised. •

[NEW T. 131 ES:I
*The- Morning Chronicle yesterday attempted to
be very pathetic, and Succeeded in
.being very ri-
diculous in its observations respecting the reduc-
tions which his Majesty's Government may have
resolved to make- in different departments of
the. public-service: In one part of that accurate
Journal we were told that retrenchment was
to be:confined-to a particular class of' persons,
and in-another that was to -be -universal,.and

so•vigotous and efficient that it, would " have
an effect on prices in' general." There are few,
if ally, subjects respecting which Tice Morning
Chronicle is regarded as an authority by the pub.
lic--and this is certainly one of the very last on
which obtain attention, however fearless
its asseveraips pry be, and however pompously.
pronounced:- It is not. necessary, therefore, for
us to say any thing in. contradiction 'of either of
the conflicting statements,: nor to endeavour to
reconcile the contradictions between them.
.I.t

may be proper, however, to notice the, remark
which follows—that " it must have struck.every
observer with surprise, that notwithstanding the
fall in the whitilesale price of the first and most
essential materials, no reduction ,has taken
.place
in-any one article, by the retail dealers." This,
to _say the least of it, is a very sweeping asser-
tion,. and could not be made with propriety by
any one not, possessed of an universal know-
ledge of the retail trade of the country. Unfor-
tunately • for this wholesale dealer in mis.-
statement, -facts- are- directly opposed to his

assertion. It is notorious to every one who
has obserVed what is going on around him,
that a fan is taking place in all articles of ordi-
.nary'c'onsumptcon. This decline of prices must
of cout•se be gradual, but it must also be certain,
competition is active and unfettered.—
Alreadyl diminution of from 20 to 50 per cent.
has taken place, with respect to many articles,
and the reduction in the retail will, we believe,
be found upon inquiry to bear generally a-fair
• proportion to- that which has been effected in the
wholesale prices. Take for instance the articles
' ifit tea, sugar, soap, candles, spiritvand clothing..
It is both mischievous and foolish to cast an

odium upon an industrious, body of men who
have necessarily many difficulties to contend
with, and who, if :disposed to make extravagant
demands,_ would. be sufficiently hecked by the
natural course of trade.

[MORNING HERALD.]
The vgriable
,state of the weather still keeps
alive some. apprehension respecting the result of
the harvest. It does not appear, however, that
there is at present any ground for alarm. The
crops in Ireland are, we hear, in a more promis-
ing condition than might be expected from
recent accounts.' Some local and circumscribed

instances of injury, or failure in the crops, put
forth. in the Irish Papers, have excited an undue
degree of alarm. From Scotland the accounts
are favourable. The latest :English Provincial
Papers also give more cheering reports. Even
should a rise take place, it is not expected to be
suLh as to cause the opening of the ports in No-
vember. A, tolerable harvest will be sufficient
to keep the ports closed. A reduction of price
is expected to take place to7day, in London, as
there are several vessels laden with corn in the
River, and others are expected.

• • [THE TIMES.]
. A Court of Proprietors was held yesterday, at
the Bank of England, to " sonsider," as it is
expressed,, of a dividend,' The proceedings "of-
'fere(' more interest and .novelty than usual.
Gundry Started again the important ' question
which he has within.these five years agitatectboth
in the Court of Proprietors and in that of the
King's Bench, respecting the propriety of some
communication by the
.Court of Directors to their
constituents Of the general affairs of that immense
concern. Mr. Gundry reminded the COurt of the
effort he had: madoin 1816 to procure for the
-Proprietors an increase of.4lalf yearly. dividend
from five to six per cent.; of his failure, -and of
the subsequent and. althost immediate proposal of
the Direction to grant a bonus of 25 Per cent. to
each'Proprietor on .the-capital of his stock.—
The affairs of the ..Bank of France :have been
annually subjected to a minute and :detailed
exposition ; nor have we heard 'that the Go-
vernors and Directors of that; reat establishment
ever yet predicted danger, or Saw any. thing
but a stronger-assurance of prosperity from the
practice. Where, then, would be the risk to the
Bank of England in pyoducing a semi-annual
balance-sheet.at least, as suggested by the-Pro-
prietor above named ? As for application to the
Courts of. Law, Mr. Gundry, we calculate, has
had quite enough of that; and still fewer charms
had the :Court of Chancery for such an attempt,
seeing that a suit to compel an account would in
all likelihood outlive, not only .the existing Di-
rectors of-the Bank, but the very -charter:under
• which it-was incorporated. --No judicial remedy
can be thought of ; the' cure is' with the Propri-
etors, and that has, little-Chance of-being effected.
If a large proporiion of holders of Bank stock
would attend, and force' a ballot, the accounts
might be got at, and satisfac_tion-, he finally
obtained. Wheal. the intimate -connexion formed

by -fite Directors of the. Bank. with the• Go-
vernment is considered, :and .the evils which
have been the fruit of that connexion are traced
from the year .1797 i
..wilett. Mr. Pitt -made the
Bank stop payment, to. they present day,
when the Company is. in advance-to the. Exch-
equer the , clear airfount of a quarter'S
revenue, amounting to 10 9r 11 miflions sterling,
it is, one would suppose, incumbent on the Pro-
prietors to strike out some method of-regulating
or controlling that state-partnership between
their own officers and .the Treasury.. Vlore up-
right Or respectable men, cannot-be found than
the actual Court of Directors of this establish-

ment. But good men may be involved in an im-
perfect or vitiated system, and may require to
be ,extricated even by the aid which they re-
nounce. Mr. Gundry on this occasion moved
for a dividend of 6 instead of 5-per cent., and
his hand was the single one held up iii support
of the motion.

[BRITISH PR ESc.l
- The present Ministers have shetvn themselves
on more occasions than, one. so exceedingly ready
to punish an obnoxious: individual, without the
formality of a previous inquiry, that the recent
dismissal of Sir Robert Wilson from the army ex-
cites less surprise than might otherwise have been
expected. Every one looks upon the event as a
part of a system which has been for a long time
efficiently tfiough silently operating, for the pur-
pose of establishing within the whole frame of the
Government a strictness of discipline and suborL
dination, and of reducing to the level of a mere
machine -every
_individual subject to its control,
.whether in a civil or a military capacity. The
Marquis of Londonderry some time ago in the
"House of Commons distinctly- avowed that
the Cabinet was pursuing this• principle, and
defended it .upou its supposed power of
giving energy and effect to the operations
of the Government. This is precisely the

- .
principle upon which a. despotic Govern-
ment is formed and proceeds, and can be
suited only. to a nation of slaves, where the indi-
viduals. raised by the caprice of their masters to
-occupy- a certain place or station in the system of
-public- affairs are contented to act as the mere
tools of power, and to.surrender every pretence
to the exercise of their own sense and discretion,
for the comfortable privilege of some time .longer
wearing, their heads.. What is despotism but a
Government of terror,? and whether the terror
'applied relates in one country to the pro-
bable. loss of . life, where human life is
counted as of little worth, or in. another
modification of society to the probable de-
privation 7of those comforts and conveniences
which give life its value, the actual nature of
despotism remains• unaltered. Agents
.will not
be wanted under the Government in either coun-
try to execate -every project of power with re-
lentless punctuality ; and the sense of propriety
‘Which -in a freeform of government prevails
generally throughout every department, and
often modifies the asperity of power, cannot be
expected to operate under a system where no
merit is. recognized but, Mat of a blind-and des-
Iperate obedience.. ••

-. 3A OF
.ENGLA-ND.

Yesterdaya Meeting of Proprietors took place,
for the purpose of considering of a half-yearly ,
divider 1. The CHAIRMAN produced a Resolu-
tion of the Directors, recommending that the
dividend for the half-year ending the 10th Octo-
ber next, should be 51. per cent. which Resolu-
tion he proposed for the adoption.of the Meeting.
Mr. GUNDRY rose and said, he had his usual
task, he feared as ineffectual as ever, to perform,
that of calling for some specific and detailed in-
formation respecting the -concerns of the Bank.
He then said- that his age and infirmities pre-
vented his delivering himself as he was wont to
do in arguments in support of that motion in a
speech, and on that account he solicited permis-
sion to read his speeclr in I,i-thing. He finale-
diately re-asserted the arguments which he has
been in the habit of using at former meetings, to
spew the necessity of the Bank concerns being
submitted to the inspection of the Proprietors,
to enable them to say what the dividend Ought
to be. This information, he contended, they were
entitled to by law, by charter, and by common
sense. Standing alone when he applied at his
own expence, in the King's Bench, fOr a manda-
qzys to compel the Directors to produce their ae-•
counts as by charter they were bound to do, the
Judges there did not controvert his construction
of the charter, but pointed out a different form of
preliminary proceeding for his adoption. After
coruulting able lawyers, he at length found that
the remedy prescribed for him was in the Court
of Chancery ; and need they wonder that, -.ap-
proaching his 80th year, on a subject dear to his
heart, he felt little disposition to accelerate his
object by embarking at that period of his life in
a Chancery suit. Not feeling any inclination to
pursue his object through the Courtb-he had re-
curred once more to the bye-laws of that Court
for the support of his proposition, feeling this
much confidence in his• present mode of appeal,
that it could not.be got rid of by a side-wind,
but must be determined by a ballot. lie hoped
at.they, a very, limited number of proprietors
the metropolis, were not prepared, without
e fullest consideration being first given, to bal-

lot away the interests of thenumerous Proprietors
scattered over the kingdom—some in Cornwall,
some in Yorkshire. After dwelling on this topic
he promised them, that, though living at a dis-
tance, and being' advanced in years, he would
carefully and regularly attend their meetings and
enforce his proposition. He then moved an
amendment, to substitute 6 per cent. for 5 in the
original motion.
The amendment waS put, and the band of the
mover being the only one held up in support of
it, was lost.

Mr. GUNDRY required the ballot to be taken.
After some conversation, i❑ which Serjean

BOSANQUEI' participated, it was understood that
a ballot could not be had without nine or ten
proprietors subscribing to demand it.
Mr. GUNDR Y insisted that he was right, and

that no other than ti►e course proposed by bin'
was taken at the last ballot.
This was contradicted by several of the Pro,

prietcirs.
A Geiitlemtn, who was Understood to be a
banker of Bath, wished to know if the Directors
had any objection to state if the Bank transac-
tions had been prosperous or not last year, as he.
conceived that information to be necessary to
enable them to understand the propriety of the
proposed dividend.
The CHAIRMAN replied,' that it would be to
encourage great irregularity in their proceedings
to answer the questions of any Gentleman who
thought proper to call on him., respecting' the
opinions of the Directors—that the Proprietors
no doubt had the fullest confidence in the Di-
rectors, who would not haVe proposed the divi-
dend without the fullest consideration„ The
present dividend had been determined on after a
full consideration of the Bank.
Another Gentleman pressed the Chairman to
say if the Directors were not about to reduce the
rate of interest from 5 to 4 per cent. and en-
forced. the necessity of determining such a
rumour by admitting or denying it.
The CHAIRMAN again objected to being. ques-
tioned on behalf of the Directors, assuring the
Court that the Directors would take no step not
calculated to promote the interests of their con-
cern ; and he cautioned Gentlemen againit lend-
ing a ready ear to such • floating rumours, the
best way for discrediting which would be to dis-
regard them.
The same Gentleman again pressed for some
general answer, on what he conceived to be so
important a subject.
. The CHAIRMAN declined any reply, for the
reasons before stated.
Another Gentleman desired to know what
steps were taken respecting the new. Bank notes ?
He was led to this inquiry by observing the per-
kVeratice of the Bank in prosecutions for for-
gery,
with. a penalty attached, which, as he
thought, with many other's, to be more than com-
mensurate with the offence.
The CHAIRMAN replied, after some observa-
tions on the pains taken by the Bank to promote
the suggested project, that the result was an en-
tire failure. The subj•ect was, however, conti-
tinually under the consideration of the )3ank ;
nor would they neglect any measures found to. be
conducive 'to the end in view. As to the prose-
cution and. punishment of forgery, the one was
undertaken by the Bank for public security'; the
other rested entirely with the Legislature. The
Bank had to obey, not to dictate the law. They
were anxious to give every facility for the ex,
change of metallic currency to the holders of
notes, not alone of the small, but of all others of
their notes.
The dividend was agreed to unanimously, and
the. Court adjourned.

EXECUTION.--On Saturday last, John Turner,
for stealing 21 sheep, the property of Mrs. Lea,
of Claverley, and Richard Davis, for a burg,lary
in the house of Mr. Francis Lloyd Bayley, of
Preston, Brockhurst, were executed in front of
.the county gaol, at Shrewsbury, pursuant to their
sentence at the late Assizes there.

OLD 8.. AILEY:
THE EXCISE.
Xesterday, Nirst. i TuERAN was indicted for wilfdlly,
knowingly, and feloniously accepting. a counterfeit certificate 1
relative to certain Excise Tobacco Duties, with, intent to defraud 1
his Majesty of the duties. The prisoner is a gen tlewunly
looking man, and holds a situation in the Excise.
BoLLAxli opened the case for the prosecution,call-
ed the following evidence :
Richard Jones, Surveyor in the Tobacco Warehonse of the
Excise, had been 47 years in the Company's . service • all to-
bacco was warehoused under lock of the Excise and the Lon-
don Docks. When a merchant wished to get tobacco out of the
warehouse, he applied to the office, in which the prisoner was a
clerk. Tobiecoes are weighed, and a certificate is made out in
the. weighing office ; the merchant also MakCs out an account,
which is signed by the officer, and tht amount of duty being
ascertained, the broker or merchant pays it; the collector then
. gives a certificate that the duty is paid; the merchant then en-
dorses on the certificate theJanding marks and numbers, the im-
port weight, the delivered weight, and the house ,to which it is
,to be delivered. The witness then described the further course
of procedure, and said, the duty of the prisoner was to look at
the signature, and enter the permits in the ledger. Though no
particular attention was paid to the signatures great care was
taken in comparing the welshing notes with' the certificates.
The prisoner was a clerk in the permit seat, and has the 'weigh-
ing officer's notes in his possession ; it was also the duty of the
prisoner to make out the vouchers. On the 6th of . July, wit-

Hess, from information he had received, made some inquiry,
and found that there. was a double entry in the ledger. The wit-
ness then-Went, to Mr. Mayci's office with the priSoner, and in
the-course of conversation, he said, " 1 think I had better say
nothing about 202:" Witness examined the certificate with
Mr. Phipps.
Cross-examined by Mr. ALLEY.—The prisoner had been
about 'four years ; knew a Mr. Grant, who had -absconded,
about a month since ; the numbers of the permits do not go in
regular- order ; the permits were put into- a- drawer to which
other persons had access ; the prisoner had complained of
Grant's conduct with respect to the double No. of 198 ; the seat
in which the priSciner eat was railed in.
James Crouch, tobacco warehouse-keeper, in the same office
with the prisoner ; -was desired by Mr. Jones, on Monday the
3d July, to go -to the office on Tower-hill, and receive the duties
of the preceding week ; he handed over the account to the pri-
soner, it was 83 boxes, 113,2321 b. • it was the duty of the pri-
soner.to check his accounts, ancl.ieboth were right they would
agree; the amount of the duty of that week was £22,646 8s;
prisoner saidto witness the accounts did not agree, and the dif-
ference-of. £327 arose from a forged certificate, presented by
Mr: Grant ; the prisoner named the circumstance to Mr. Jones;
Witness knew Mr. Grant, with whom .the prisoner appeared to
be on terms of friendship ; Grant,. in a conversation, said he
knew he had paid the duties, and that.was all he cared about ;
this took place on -the 3d of July; next day witnessmade in-
quiry, and found there was net any signed bill tallying with the
certificate; in the course ,of further -inquiry; , the warrant pro-
duced was found, the signature which he did not think was
that of the Collector ; the warrant in question was loose in the
drawer, and there was also, a number of vouchers of the pre-
ceding week tied up ; tha witness produced the _ledger, and
found there was an entry of 202; there are two entries of that
number, the latter one having, been subsequently made ; saw
Mr. Sutheran making an entry on the Ist of August, from a
loose leaf ; on the Wednesday morning saw but one entry of
202 r but after Sutheran had been at the book, there appeared
two mimbers of 202. Witness knows that a leaf bad been taken
out of the book : believes the leaf from which Sutheran was seen
copying was in his own hand:-Writing. - . •
Cross-examined by Mr. AbOLPIIus.,---Grant appeared to be
a respectable man ; had seen the prisoner and Grant go out to-
gether ; theprisoner was the first person to speak of the irregu-
larit; it was this that set the inquiry on foot, with respect to
the Co. 198 ; the prisoner spoke to Grant publicly about the
double numbers, and the latter imMediately disappeared ; tak-
ing up the warrant in a cursory way, the false signature might
escape the notice of the witness; the prisoner was absent from
the office some days before he was taken before a Magistrate.
Win.' Paul, Clerk in the Tobacco Office, knew the prisoner's
hanthivriting. - The duplicate of a permit. The counterpart of
the warrant was in the hand-writing'of the prisoner. In the
voucher there was a No. 202, as follows :—Philip Cabb;
wheeler ; Wm. Murdoch, merchant and iMporter, 2 hogsheads,
2183.- Recollects seeing the ledger in the hands of Sutheran.,
At that dine it corresponded with the voucher, and there was
then but one number of 202.
Alexander Grant, a broker, of George-street, Tower-hill. In
the course of his business cleared great quantities of tobacco.
On the 26th of July directed Robert Grant to clear five hogs
heads of tobacco, and was furnished with a check for 3031-,195.
on Messrs. Ladbroke to-pay for the same. The amount-Of the
duty on one hogshead was 3031. lfis. duty, 2s. rent, and Is, dock
yard. The duties on the other four hogsheads, 11351. Is. 2d.
The whole amount paid was 11391: 2d. On the 31st witness
went to the office for the purpose of clearing sonic snuff,' and
learnt from Mr. Crouch what had happened. Went to the of-
fice on Tower-hill, brit could not find the duplicate of the
.war-
rant. Acquainted Mr. Crouch of the circumstance, who in-
formed him that the certificate was supposed to be, a forgery.—
On returning home met the prisoner at the corner of the
street in which he lived. The prisoner asked witness
where Robert Grant was, or where his friends lived, as
he " must see him, and would see him ?" Witness informed
him where Grant's mother lived, and being -requested to ac-
company him home, observed, that he was going to Clapham,
-and could not. Witness, from what he learned, went in pursuit-
of Robert Grant, but did not find him, nor had he ever
_seen- him since. 'The'date on the warrant was not Robert
Grant's hand-writing. The Witeiess had twice paid the duties,
once to Grant, and once to the Excise. On a subsequent in-
terview the -prisoner asked the witness if any thing more had
been discovered ? and- was answered in the affirmative ; on
which he replied, " What an unfortunate thing it is for me."
'rise-prisoner also-observed, that he and Robert Giant had once
some money transactions,; and that he thought he (Grant) led
rather a dissolute life.
Francis Fish, tobacconist, of St. John-street, produced the
check on their house, gig en in- payrnent of the duties
Mr. Alexander Grant proved the figures on the back of the
check to be in the band-writing of Robert Grant. '
James Smith, collector- of the Excise, proved the signature,
purporting to be his name not to be in his hand-writing.
Mr. Wright, clerk to the Comptroller of the Excise, proved
that the name of Wright was not his signature.-
Mr. Kennedy, 'of the house of Ladbroke and Co., was called
to prove the payment of the check, but could not say to whom
it was paid.
Mr. Gillman, also a clerk in the same house, proved giVing
note, numbered 10,461, for. 51; amongst others, itnpayment of
a sum of 1,4391. Os. 2d.
Win. Iletherington proved receiving this note at the Bank.
James Ball, -servant to Mr. Absolani; tailor, proved receiving
the note of the prisoner- in payment of a_ bill, on the 26th of
July last.
The case for the prosecution being closed; the, Prisoner was
called on for his defence. Ile declared hi'sinnocence; and ac-
counted for having the-51. note in his possession by saying that
he received it from Grant in payment of a debt chte from -hint to
the prisoner, about the time of the forgery.
A considerable number of respectable persons gave the pri-
soner a most excellent character.
Mr. Justice RICHARDSON summed up, and the Jury, after
consulting for half an hour, retired, and- ontheir return found
the prisoner Guilty. -
FORGERY ON_ THE. PRUSSIAN , GOVERNMENT.
M. I. GOLDSTON was this day again put to the bar.
,Mr. PLATT said 'he had to rifler some farther arguments to
those adduced yesterday, in support of his application for setting
aside the present indictment, which was framed under an Act
of Parliament, which made it felony for any person to make or
forge, or cause to be falsely made or forged, any•document or
note of a foreign Prince. In the present instance the indictment
contained a copy of the instrument in the German language, but
no translation of it in the English language, which he contended
was a fatal objection under the statute. of Chaves IL, which
required that ,the indictment .should be drawn up in the Eng-
lish language. In fact it might as well' have neen drawn up
in the Chinese language as the German, and no one could-con-
tend that-the note was a promissory one, or an order for pay-
ment, as there was no promise in the whole of the document to
pay. He noticed the difference between an indictment for-libel
in a foreign language, and an indictment for a contract, as in
the former. case it was specific, and might be translated word
by word, so as to show its intent and meaning. After citing
various cases in support of his argument, he concluded by mov-
ing an arrest of judgment.
Mr. Bo LLAND.WaS about to reply, but .
Mr. Justice Ric DARDS oar postponed the hearing Counsel on
the present oceasion, as none Of theLearnedJudgeS-svere present.
DAVID BURTON,- an Officer of the Customs, was indicted
for stealing a quantity of seeds, roots, insects, and stuffed birds,
the property of his Al ajestjr; '
John Goodge Wilkinson stated, that he was a land-waiter to
the Customs, and was on duty on'the day mentioned in the-in-
dictment. The prisoner was a tide waiter on board the Venus,
and the witness having seized four cases, containing the pro-
perty in 'question, on board the- Charlotte, put them on the
quay, from whence they•were removed by the prisoner and put
on board the Venus, where they were found.
Several witnesses were called who proved the robbery. •
The prisoner in his defence said, that having received an in-
jury in his head, and having taken a considerable quantity of
wine, he was in such a state as to be unable, scarcely to know
what ha was doing.
. The prisoner received an excellent character from several per-
sons, for honesty, &c.—Not Guilty. -