The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-25 00:00:00

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BANK OF CEYLON. fee'
The third annual general meeting of the y,
ion was held yesterday at the office of the Color",-,itetV
Old Broad-street. Mr. Cummings, one of the A'
the absence of the chairman, presided Ole!
Z tom: CHAIRMAN read the Directors' reP°''''?dersbj,,/
stated th..t t the business of the bank had cons). of ir
increased d u the past year, and the charscluis
transactions hac, been secure and legitimate. it 1
crease they consideiZ,d the more satisfactorY, 1°,61 ,
evidently connected ve,:h the advancing prosP' roAr
the colony. There had also been an increase of ,Plad
during the year, and the Direaors were still 601'.,_,' "bao
state that no bad debt had been is Burred by the
since the commencement of its business. The ds
cordiality of feeling had been manifested toriar
concern by the merchants and planters is C...neY4.5_,..y0r
had steadily adhered to it as customers, riot"- On
ing the solicitations by the projectors of a rival lees.r
ment. A branch establishment at Kandy had .a
most satisfactory operation during the past yes'
management of the business at the chief branch in Pr
lombo had been such as to merit the approbatiouty
Directors, who expressed their satisfaction with in Pr°l
ertions of the bank officers and local Directors 0010
moting theiinterests of the corporation. The Iteibst,,,ift,
of accounts up to the 30th of June last showe, vi;
addition to the half-year's dividend paid in
Directors were now enabled to declare a sec Dent. ftfj
yearly dividend at the san2e rate of six Pef, cotc°lol
annum on the paid-up capital of the bank ; 1"0 15th
be payable in this country on and after the oil
November next, and in Colombo as the manger a
after receipt of advice. Aw"
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On the motion of Mr. Stooks, seconded i
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son, the resort was received, adopted, and ordel'-
printed for cifeulation. here tile°
Colonel Sir F. Hankey and Mr. Cummings
unanimously re-elected Directors of the bau,_ s Pir;
it•
The CHAIRMAN, in answer to a question 019`-incre id
prietor, stated that it was very probable that thew e'°,llo
of steam communication with the island of CeYdo
require the establishment of a branch at Poietessof ;5,
and the Directors were now making the Other e.of
quiries on the subject. In answer also to en° 040 of
tion, the Hon. Gentleman said that the only cbrAsellre,
the Bank of Ceylon had in the isitznd waS, tavivqop,
the bank of Western India • but the fornl" moo0;4"
occupied the ground, they had no fear ei 011 Y
L X 81(
MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL, " 1 01109,11116
—The manners of a portion of the higher ere::
England have never been delineated with such
force as they are represented in Mrs. TrolloPepie.;e,
Novel, just published under the title of " Youcg beret
the clever authoress having been as happy iyar:
tures of such society as she was in her Y.rYericio,i
work, " The Domestic Manners of the .150000;I
She has been particularly successful in her P° "fy
celebrated individuals of both sexes, whose Ifosni?
means are far more remarkable for ingenuity real Elf
honesty. We are inclined to think that some greed
ginals who have figured much in the public ef..nehlerf
have sat to her for their portraits. The Honont- roe r
Thorwold, the niece to a Peer, bears a strikiFegh etio
blance to a beautiful adventuress connected W„,;,01$140
taro noble house ; and there can be little d
fixing the identity of the much-admired LOl. ve. jio
Hammond, on ti nobleman well known abou.t %igh ,„oif
disclosures of the proceedings of ladies 01 nets a,,0
through the agency of that extremely useflll4L&A' ter
the dealer in lady's cast-off apparel, theytoe 'terel
street, will be found as extraordinary as onvd
taming. As a love story, also, Mrs. Tr
°l tbe
work will be considered by all her readers °op
sex as one of her most successful productions. cif 101
EFFECTS OF THE MARCH OF AN Aa3l/' le"
have an army of one hundred thousand men clij
are about to lead it to the distance of a thouseb°o o(e'
must be sure that both without, as well as wit 10 °V
country, as well as in town, all things will biloes ad
ment and in rumour. The towns and the vii '0
f .04,
which you will have taken the men who coloij°,ich )se;
troops, the hamlets and the countries from /itioraioe
have drawn your provisions, and all the aPltia€l,
those who are to lead them, the roads filled °tap Hof
going and coming ; these things cannot .0, it
without there being many families in desolat"l ote
lands uncultivated, and much expense to the
•
curred.—Captain Pidding's Chineise Olio. '0
SOUTHWARK LITERARY INSTITVI.IO-,1 e-.- °,5
66 y-
Stuart King gave his first entertainment ictstlaXl V
Melody, Composition, and Song," on ViTe."Lgin- ohr„pfe;
ing. Among the songs were " The berow;,it 11;15001
those gentle eyes," "My Sister Dear,'' " 0 P
member me;" but " Kathleen O'More" alr„tiet the
told best in favour of the vocalist. The rttlo
ye by Atholl" was rapturously Sea,
conclusion Mr. King expressed his gratitude,' 00• t7/09:
tering manner in which he had been receive °,4,
casion of his first public appearance in L011"„-c
nounced for next Wednesday's entertainruelo,wetr
Beauties of Burns, with Songs," when, doubt' 0 hy'
be quite at home. The house was well filled
sent occasion. We have no doubt, from the • ale
his reception, that the next evening
bumper.
BIRTHS. .r.reflether'
On the 22d inst., in London, Mrs. Heal .'"•- he
a daughter. T., es, egd
t'
On the 22d inst., at Mailing House, near
of Arthur Powell, Esq., of a son. Soros
Ar°r
On the 23d inst., the lady of the Rev. Dr-
master of the City of London School, of a sou*ld
MARRIED. torler,
iiannverlue
On the 21st inst., at St. George's
James Dean, of Greenwich, to There'sa, eldest Of
te, f
Mr. Joseph Taverner, of Mansell-street. -, Cc°
On the 22d inst., at Leominster, Sussex,:o.,,j,„%iet°,s. A
of her Majesty's 22d Regiment, to Rhoda `,.',;"-00',,b0:1,;
daughter of William Holmes, Esq , of Brookfiel"'
Geolbtet e
On the 23d inst., at York-road Chapei,
Esq., of Chesham, Bucks, to Lydia Louisa, clati of 'ltet
late John Hepburn, Esq., of Southwark.Hen tigli
On the 22d inst., at Newbury Church,tif
Bunny, Esq., of Newbury, to Catherine, young
of Robert Baker, Esq., of the same place. tire, 06,
On the 23d inst., at St. George's, Hanover-scill
aa d5'....,4..ei11i
the Hon. Robert Edward Boyle, Coldstreera
surviving son of the Earl of Cork and Orrerlisco P"`"
youngest daughter of Abraham W. Roberts'
_4lO/
Berkeley- square.
DIED.
In September, at St. Anne's, Canada, .;.n„1 tit ?Lr
Hale, Esq., late Captain in the 52d Light Iturijoef
On the 13th inst., at Kirton Lindsey, Line° Witt"
s rjt
second daughter of the late Rev. Booth 14
Calstor, and Rector of Rothwell, Lincolnshire'sortii
On the 16th inst., at Minefield, in Aol°' Or
John Kermack, Esq., aged 26. bit. tree
el,
On the 16th inst., at Colchester, Essex, 0.`""
of Canterbury-row, Newington, Surrey- A Itler6P-ee6
On the 20th inst., Mr. Thomas Fleet, of tOP
On the 21st inst., at Woolwich, Cap Th
Thomson, Royal Marines. fr,t•e
On the 21st inst., at Thornton-heath, Star--
Young, of the Grange-road, Bermondsey ye
On the 13th inst., at Maidenhead, Berka' I•
V°
Mr. William BOWeril. 6103 :1041°
At Eaton-square, Mary, the daughter 0'
Chatfield, Esq., of Cro-don' roe, 0;
DO ter
On the 21st inst., at Wuxi'. borne Minster'
„est
40,
Castleman, Esq., aged 78.
On the 22d inst., at Bexley, Anne, „ l'e'
the late Christopher Chapman, Esq. wept-dvettOn the 22d inst., at Ashley House, near 9:;;:06'
Elizabeth Susanna, widow of the late J. J,V.-ni.sts" ti
On the 23d inst., Mrs. Harriot Smith, o
r 11l
man-square, aged 80. hr see
On the 24th inst., Mr. R. H. Willey, °l3'
R. Willey, Esq., ofWellclose-square.
tikrii.