The Sun.
London, England, 1826-09-21 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

FROM LLOYD'S—(Tuts DAY.)
DEAL, SEPT. 20.—Wind E. by N.—Arrived, and sailed, the
Sarah, Theaker, from London to India. Arrived, and remain,
the Nottingham, from Jamaica to London.
Pownstour, Sarr. 20.—Wind E.—Passed by the Brox-
bornebury, Fewson, from China.
PLYmouytt, SErr. I9.—Wind E.—Arrived the Caledonia,
Oral, front Newport, Newfoundland, leaky ; and Chace, from
Charente.

Faunouttr, Sm.'''. Ig.—Wind E.—Sailed the Admiral Cock-
burn, Cooling, fur the Cape of Good hope and New South Wales.

BANK OF ENGLAND.---(Tuts pAy.)

The Half-yearly General Court of Proprietors was held
at l'2 o'clock, for t'he choice of a dividend, and upon such
other matters as might be submitted to the Court of

Directors.

The Secretary having read the minutes of former Courts,
The Governor announced the dividend for the half-year
ending the 10th October to be four per cent. principal and
interest; the dividend warrants being payable on the 11th
October.
Upon the question of adjournment being put,
Mr. YOUNG rose and said, before that question was put
to the Proprietors, he did hope that some communication
would be made upon the subject of the transfer of part of
their charter, and the establishment of Branch Banks; he
had at former Courts fully expressed his opinion upon the
great public importance of that extension of their charter,
and he now repeated that opinion that he considered the
Court of Proprietors entitled to the fullest explana-
tion, because the great responsibility of the trust,
imposed upon the Board of Directors, required
deep and mature consideration. He, for himself,
was decidedly of opinion that the establishment of
the Branch Banks of that Company was a great
public good, but he nevertheless would urge, that
the Directors had a public duty paramount to every other
feeling, and were bound to explain under what prin-
ciples or restrictions such establishments were formed;
whether upon bills, and, upon what interest ; or whether
upon securities of money or otherwise. He asked these
questions because be felt that it much depended upon the
public how the advances of the Company were se-
cured. He alluded to the great commercial im-
portance of the money transactions of the Company, as
regarded the course of Government with respect to the
opening afforded the shipping of other nations over our
own produce. There was another question which oc-
curred to him, and which arose out of the great and mani-
fest existence of artificial capital and credit, which had
caused the late shock, and which, if not checked by the
decisive measures of that Company, would crush the mer-
cantile interests generally ; therefore he asked whether the
Court of Directors had any present intention 'of
lowering the rate of interest ? The Honourable
Proprietor then at very great length, reviewed the con-
duct of Ministers during the late commercial distress, and
observed, that by their conduct the Court of Directors '
were pledged to the public to give them every informa-
tion upon the nature of their transactions.
The GOVERNOR said, that he might venture to say on
the part of the Proprietors, they had no complaint to
make of the Directors in the part they took in the transac-
tions of Government. He begged, in reply to the Hon.
Proprietor, to say, that in answer to his first proposition,
as to the nature of the Company's discount, he had no other
answer to make than that the Directors had made no change,
and he trusted that, under the circumstances of the Com-
pany's
.dealings, that answer would prove satisfactory.
The Hon. Proprietor had required some explanation about
the establishments of the Branch Banks of the Company,
and the extension of its charter. He answered that it was
well known the Board of Directors did every thing in
their power to procure an extension of their charter • that
they had failed was equally notorious ; but that although
they had not been successful, they had the satisfaction
that what then had been done on the subject had met the
sanction and approval of the Court of Proprietors; therefore
he hoped that as former Courts had given them their ap-
proval the question was answered. The establishment of
Brandt Banks were of great good, and were only meant
to uphold the whole credit of the country which was then
tottering, and which would have been crushed but for the
course pursued.—(Hear, hearl)—Those Banks were
caused by the indiscreet conduct of others. The Gover-
nor took a review of the proceedings of the Directors, and
observed, that they had obtained the public confidence by
their conduct, and only had the public good at heart.
Mr. YOUNG expressed himself satisfied with the Go-
vernor's explanation, and asked if any change in the rate
of interest was contemplated, as he thought the Governor
not sufficiently explicit upon that point, or even upon whe-
ther it was contemplated making any advance upon loans.
The GOVERNOR, to the latter question, answered nega-
tively; and, to the former, said, no change was at present
thought of.
Mr. YOUNG bowed, and the Court was adjourned.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

DONCASTER RACES.

DONCASTER, TUNSDAY,

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descriptionspr t p r aot
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were d eotni attheanaleelittr,lyahn our,d
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earlyl
This morning, notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the
swoeratath6ral'id
one seemed anxious to be at his post. Carriages of all sorts
have been pouring in—those from a distance to refresh their
jaded horses, and those nearer the spot, to be " first in the
throng." The place is in a bustle, some starting for the course,
and others in active preparation.
About two o'clock, the Course assumed a settled appearance,
and the betting was brisk at the following odds :-
2 to 1 agst Belzoni 14 to 1 apt Crusader
5 to 1 agst Bedlamite 16 to I agst Paul Pry
7 to l agst Mulatto 20 to 1 agst Tarrare
10 to 1 apt The Dragon 23 to 1 agst The General
High odds apt the others.
THE GREAT ST. LEGER STAKES.
The betting on this great Stakes, for the first five or six month.
was very fiat ; the York Spring Meeting gave it a fillip, by placing
Belzoni first on the list—it, however, speedily relapsed into its
former insipidity—there was no field—and the confidence of the
great speculators being shaken by the untoward Epsom Affair, it
W;IN not until after the August Meeting, that there was any really
substantial betting ; then, however, the necessity of making up
the books became obvious, and the usual manoeuvres were
resorted to, in order to influence the odds; but still all could not
be brought to square their books, and it is well known, that many
good judges arrived here with the most terrible forebodings.
When here the betting assumed a more lively aspect, and some
outsiders were brought up, and backed at heavy ngures—but the
event being so problematical, it was looked for with the most in-
tense feeling of suspense and anxiety.
• t fell all last night—all this morning—and, with
great occastoni
It would really appear as if the rain was preserved for this
little intermission all the day. The belles mounted in it, and
before many moments elapsed, their showy habiliments were shorn
of their splendour, hull themselves wet to the skin. It was a dis-
mal morning for raising the spirits of the family of the Badlooks—
not a cheering ray of sun until within a few minutes of starting,
till which time the upper part of the Grand Stand was completely
'eld fledus as theyni. paraded
tiled with umbrellas (which inauspicious weather was in unison
be-
After the .lockies had weighed, and were assembled in the
ramp, Christopher Wilson, Esq., who is the oldest Member of the
erbylidkaey.2 manylha
Donjo ma
Jockey Club, and Father of the Turf, addressed them to the
wfoirteh the
euist
tit on
Stand,
looked Derby
,
lowing street :-41 In consequence of what happened last year
(alluding to the accident which threw so many horses, and clip
pled Redgauntlet), I will briefly inform you, that if any one of
you is guilty, in the slightest degree, of running against each
other, taking another's place, or of any other unfair act, he
be disqualified from ever riding again, either at Doncaster, will
York,
Newmarket, or Pontefract." Mr. Wilson having left
Mr. Lockwood (who has presided as Judge the roam,,
for 51 years), told
them that, in order to prevent trouble, they were t.
mediately he ordered them_
; they were them
tomount im-
soon as possible ; to Poe the Grand Stand in the get togt
orderetier as
in
their power, and then to go to the Starting-post,wh being
got together, he should give them the word " Off; "but'if he

atoned it a► false start, he should hoist a flag where ts Mood,
which would instantly be answered by the erection of another at
the Cross-road ; upon observing which, they would return for a
fresh start.

The above instructions being complied with as far as potsible,
the long-wished for and dreaded moment arrived, and the signal
was given, but a false start was the consequence ; the flag was
hoisted, and they were under the necessity of returning, but not
till the Duke of Leeds' two had run a considerable distance up
the hill.

At length they Went off a second time, with a good start, and
the Great St. Leger came off thus:—
Lord Scarborough's b. c. Tarrare, by Catton (G. Nelson).— 1
Sir
3;l3Yngis horses
b.c.
Al'lla
alto
tto by Canon (S. Day)
The fallowing started, but Were not placed.
Lord Kennedy's eh. e. Bedlamite, by Welbeck
Lord Kennedy's hl. f. Mary Anne, by Blacklock
Duke of Leeds's gr. t by Waltham, Lisette
Duke of Leeds's b. c.' by Whisker, Masquerade
Mr. Yates's b. c. Paul Pry, by Pardowitz
Mr. Forth's b. f. Shortwaist,' by Interpreter
Mr. Forth's b. c. Skyrocket, by Selim
Mr. Forth's b. c. Premier, by Phantom, dam by Rubella
Mr. Yarburgh's hr. c. M'Adam, by Tramp
Lord Wharneliffe's br. c. The Dragon, by Cervantes
Lord Wharncliffe's b. c. Crusader, by Cervantes
Mr. Harrison's b. c. Royal Oak, by Cattou
Mr. Watt's ch. c. Brother to Barefoot, by Tramp
Mr. Watt's h. c. Belzoni, by Blacklock, Mennen&
Mr. Mason's ch. f. by Egremont, Lancashire Witch
Mr. T. 0. Powlett's Brother to Miss Fanny, by Walton
Mr. Neville's b. c. Smuggler, by Tiresias
Mr. Baird's ch. c. Sir Malachi Malagrotvther, by Ardromn
Sir W. iklilner's hr. f. Sister to Osmond, by Filho da Puts.
Mr. Wilkinson's Brother to Don Antonio, by Octavian
Mr. Payne's br. c. The General, by Comas
Sir J. Ilyng's ch. c. 'finites, by Tramp, Margaret
Loll! Blandford's ch. e. Dragoman, by Interpreter (Forth's)
Lord Muncaster's b. f. Garcia, by Octavian
Mr. Retlesdale's br. c. by Oiseau, Medora
Sixty-eight paid forfeit.
HXTTING JUST aavoxr GTARTING.
2 to 1 apt Belzoni 16 to 1 apt Crusader
8 to 1 agst Bedlamite 20 to• 1 apt Tarrare
S to I apt Mulatto 25 to 1 apt The General
8 to 1 apt The Dragon
Belzoni was considered so superior, that the day's betting rose
him, in consequence of the ground being deep.