The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-04 00:00:00

POST-OFFICE.

Committee of Secrecy appointed, " to inquire into the state
of the Law in respect to the detaining and opening of Letters
at the General Post-office, and into the made under which the
authority given for such detaining and opening has been exer-
cised, and to report their epinion and observations thereupon
to the House :"—Viscount Sandon, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr.
Thomas Baring, Sir William Heathcote,_ Sir Charles Lemon,
Mr. Warburton, Mr. Strutt, O'Conor Don, and Mr. Ord :
Motion made, and Question put, " That Mr. Thomas Dun-
combe be one of the Members of the said Committee ." The
House divided:—

MINORITY-AYES, 52.
Aglionby B. A, Ferguson, Colonel Roebuck, J. A.
Bannerman, A. Gibson, T. M Ross, David It.
Barnard, E. G. Greenaway, C. Sheil, H. L.
Bellew, It. M liallyburton, Lord Stanstield, W. BC.
Bauverie, E. P. Hastie, A. Stewart, P. M.
Bowring, Dr. Hen, age, E. Strickland, Sir G.
Brotherton, J. Horsman, Edward Tancred, Henry W
Busfeild, William Humphery, J. chornely, Thom.
Cnristie, W. D. Hut', W. Trelawny, J. S.
Collett, John Mangles, R. D. Wakley, Thomas
Curteis, H. B. Morris, David Wallace, It
Duncan, Lord: Norreys, Sir D. Watson, W. H.
Duncan, George O'Connell, M. .1. Wawn, John T.
Dundas, J. C. O'Ferrall, It. More Worsley, Lord
Easthope, John Patt.son, James
Ellis, Wynn Pechell, Captain TELLERS.
Elphinstone, Howard Plumridge, Captain Williams, W.
Esmonde, Sir T. Polhill, Frederick James, William
Fieden, John Rawdon, J. D.

- ---- - MAJORITY-NOES, 128.
A'Court, Captain Eliot, Lord Mastcrman, John
Antrobus, Edwsrd Entwisle, William Meynell, H.
Arbuthnot, Hugh Fellowcs, Edward Miles, William
Arkwright, George Flower, Sir James Mundy, E. M.
Bailey, Joseph, jun. Forman, T. S. Owen, Sir John •
Bane, Colonel H. Fremantle, Sir T. Peel, Sir Robert
Baillie, H. J. Gaskell, J. M. Peel, Jonathan
Baird, William Gladstone, W. E. Pigot, Sir R.
Baring, W. B. Gladstone, J. N. • Pringle, Alexander
Baring. F. T. Godson, Richard Rashleigh, William
Baskerville, T. B. M Gore, Montague Round, C. G.
Bentinck. Lord G. Gore, W. 0. Round, John
Boldero, Henry G. Graham, Sir James Itumbold, C. E.
Borthwick, Peter Gregory, W. H. Russell, Loid-John
Hotfield, Beriah Grogan, Edward ' Shaw, Frederick
Bowles, Admiral Hale, Robert B. Sheppard, T.
Brooke, Sir A. B. Halford, Henry Shirley, Evelyn J.
Bruce, Lord E. Harris, E A. J. Shirley, E. P.
Burrell, Sir Thomas Heneage, G W. Sibthorp, Colonel
Campbell, Sir H. Henley, J. W. Smith, Abel
Campbell, J. H. Herbert, Sydney Smith,Rt.Hon. T. 8.0
Cardwell, E. Hope, Chad, s Somerset, Lord G.
Carnegie, Captain Hussey, Ambrose Stanley, Lord
Childers, J. W. Irton, S. Stuart,gVilliers
Christopher, R. A. James, Sir W. C. Stuart, H.
Clerk, Sir George Jermyn, Earl Sutton, Henry M.
Clive, R. H. Johnstone, Sir John - Talbot, C. R. M.
Cockburn, Sir G. Jones, T. Tennent, J. L.
Codrington, Sir W. Kirk, Peter Thesiger, F
Colebrooke, Sir T. Knatchbull, Sir E. Th rnhill, George
Collett, W. Bickford Knight, Henry Gaily Trench, Sir F.
Corry, Henry Labouchere, H. Troubridge, Sir T.
Cripps, W. Lefroy, Anthony ' Vernon, Granville
Darner, Hon. G. Lincoln, Earl of Vcsey, Hon.T.
Darby, George Lockhart, William Vivian, John Ennts
Dawnay, W. H. Macaulay, T. B. Waddington, H. K. .
Denison, E. r eckett M`Geachy, F. A Whitmore, T. C.
Dodd, George Mackenzie, W. F. Wortley, ii on. Jo. 3
Douglas, Sir H. Maclean, D Wynn, C. W.
r/owdeswell, W. M'Neill, Duncan lorke, 1•. 'l'.
Drummond H. H Mahon, Viscount
Du Pre, George Morahan', Viscount TELLEFIM.
Egerton, W. T. Martin, G. Young, John
k gerton, Sir P. Master, T. W. Lennox, Lout A.

LONDON POCKS.—The usual half-yearly meeting
of the Proprietors of the London Dock Company, was lit I L on
Tuesday, at their house, in Princes-street, in order to con-
sider of the dividend for the half year, elect Directors, and
receive the general report of the Board. Mr. John Cattley
was in the chair. Mr. J. D. Powles, after the minutes of the
last meeting had been read and confirmed, proceeded to read
the report for the six months ending the 31st of May. The Dock
returns during that period were 173,888/. Bs. sd, including
the profit on the sale of London Dock stock held by the
Company ; the nett revenue from the business transactions
during the half year, being 160,1691. Id. Important in-
provements had been effected in the warehousing and other
departments, especially in the West Quay, where four sepa-
rate warehouses were available. Owing to the increased
operations of the Company, the Directors were enabled to
recommend a further augmentation in the dividend, viz.: to
21. ss. per cent, for the half year, and which would still leave
a balance in favour of the Company of 4291. The Chairman
remarked, that the increased prosperity of the Company must
be a matter for congratulation with the l'roprietors, and that
the efforts of the Directors should continue to be directed to
the promotion of their interests. The resolution for the
adoption of the report was put and carried, and it was an-
nounced that the dividend would be paid on the Bth instant.
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