The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-09 00:00:00

MEAT MARKETS.

SOUTHALL, MAY B.—We had a full average supply of each
kind of fat stock on sale this morning, yet the demand was
throughout steady, at, in most instances, a trifling improve
ment in the quotations. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s ; Mutton,
2s 6d to 3s 8d ; Lamb, 5s to 6s 2d • Veal, 3s 6d to 48 4d ; and
Pork, 2s 10d to 3s 8d per Sibs. gupply—Pleasts, 40 ; Sheep
and Lambs, 2,041 ;Calves, 39 ; Pigs, 36. _

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ROMFORD, MAY B.—Prime Beasts and Sheep were in de-
mand at full currencies. Otherwise, the trade ruled dull.
Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s; Lamb, 41 10d
to 6s ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pork 28 4d to 3s 8d per
81bs. Sucking Calves, 18s to 28s; Quarter-old Store Pigs,
16s to 19s •, and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to
181 lOs each.

LEWES, MAY 7.—There was a fair amount of business
doing here to-day, at fully previous rates :—Beef, from 2s 10d
to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; Lamb, 5s 4d to 5s
10d ; and Pork, 4s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-( THIS DAY.)
1.0/4130N, MAY 9.—Wind, westerly, light breezes, and fine
DEAL, MAY 8.--Wind, A.M. N.N.1., P.M., E.N.E., light.—
Sld. Java, Hong Kong; Auguste, and Meline, Port au Prince.
PORTSMOUTH, MAY B.—Wind S., light.—Sld. Cleopatra,
FALMOUTH, MAY B.—Wind variable, and light.—Arrd.
Admiral Nelson, Queripol.
PRAM PRAM (AFRICA), JAN. 25.—Arrd. brig Sylph, of and
from Liverpool, from the coast, put in for a navigator, the
master and the mates having died. Off, Adeline, Dowling,
Sierra Leone.
CLYDE, MAY 4.—Sid. Douro, Halifax. s.—Adam Smith,
Rio ; Brilliant, Quebec and Montreal.
LIVERPOOL, MAY B.—Wind N.W., light.—Arrd., Euclea,
Heldon, Calcutta. Off, Harvest Home, Calcutta ; Alexander,
supposed from ditto ; Araminta, Bombay ; Ann Rankin, New
Orleans ; Princess Victoria, Charleston. Sld. John Patchett,
Ceylon ; Superb, Ichoboe ; Steward, Pernambuco ; Nugent,
Bahia ; Selby, Hayti ; Racer, Dalhousie ; Indus, Quebec.

TRAFALGAR-SQUARE.--The complaints made by
correspondents to this and other journals within these few
days have had the desired effect, and yesterday, net only
were the stones and other rubbish removed from the basin,
and the area generally cleared, but four or five constables
of he A division of police were stationed there to prevent a
recurrence of such evils as those which have been justly
complained of. The water was yesterday also withdrawn
from the basins, and preparations were making to complete
the jets, which are expected to be in full play in the course
of a few days.
ROYAL MARlNES.—Captain Buchannan, Lieutenant
Gwyn, one sergeant, one corporal, and forty privates, of
the Woolwich division, have been placed under orders
to join the Collingwood, eighty guns, and the remainder
of this corps, will be furnished from the Chatham divi-
sion, and are expected to proceed to South America.

NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK
OF ENGLAND.-(THIS DAY.)
The eleventh annual meeting of this flourishing institu••
tion was held to-day, at the Company's offices in Bishops-
gate-street.
JOHN MELVILLE, Esq., took the Chair at twelve o'clock,
and after entering into a statement of the affairs of the Com-
pany, read the following report :
" It now became the duty of the Directors to present to the
Proprietors their Eleventh Annual Report.
" The Directors in the first place, have to inform the Pro-
prietors of the following important acquisition to the business
of the Company. At Torrington, the private bank of Messrs.
Loveband and Cox, and at Bideford, the old Bideford Bank
of Messrs. Ley and Cox, have been incorporated with the
Branches of the National Provincial Bank which had
already for some years existed at these places.
" Similar arrangements have led to the establishment of
two new branches—namely, one at Sherborne, and the other
at Newport, in the Isle of Wight. At Sherborne, the Bank
of Messrs. Pretor and Co., which had been in existence for
nearly a century, has been transferred to this Company ; and
at Newport, in consequence of the dissolution of the Isle of
Wight Joint-stock Bank, the Company has succeeded to the
very respectable business of that establishment, with the con-
currence and support of its numerous and wealthy share-
holders.
" In accordance with the views expressed is the last report
with respect to the discontinuance of minor branches and
agencies, the Directors have closed the following, namely,
Knutsford, Charteris, Ringwood, and Shepton Mallet.
By an arrangement also with the Devon and Corn-
wall Bank, which was considered mutually benefi-
cial, the branch at Kingsbridge has been relinquished
to that establishment, for which it has given an
equivalent, by retiring in favour of this Company at Dart-
mouth. The observations with which the Directors pre-
faced in the last report the annual statement of account are
applicable, and with still greater force, upon the present occa-
sion. Since the last meeting the employment of the Com-
pany's funds has daily become more difficult, and notwith-
standing an improvement in some branches of trade, the
value of money has gradually decreased until it has reached
an unprecedentedly low point of depression.
" Under disadvantages so unusual and protracted, the
Proprietors will naturally be prepared for a correspond-
ing diminution of profits, and accordingly, from the state-
ment of accounts now to be submitted to the meeting, it will
be perceived that, in order to maintain the dividend of 6 per
cent for last year, recourse has been had again to the re-
served fund. In 1843, on the Ist of January, the
amount of undivided property was 57,8671. 15s. sd. ;
and on the 31st of December, in the same year, the
nett profits, after making allowance for bad and doubtful
debts, and for a proportion of preliminary expenses,
was 21,4351. Os. 3d., making a total of 79,3021. 15s. Bd. ; from
that was to be deducted the dividend of 6 per cent., 24,6491.
165., which left the undivided profit, in Decembre, 1843, of
54,6521. 19s. Bd. Although with large accumulating re-
sources, employed in safe and available investments, and
with the means, consequently, at their command of in-
creasing the profits of the Company when a demand for capi-
tal shall return, yet the low rate of interest on money
having assumed a somewhat permanent character,
the Directors trust that the Proprietors will agree with them
in thinking it more advisable to reduce the dividend than to
encroach further upon the reserve. The Directors, accord-
ingly, now propose that the dividend for July next should be
at the rate of five per cent.
" Since the foregoing report was prepared for the Proprie-
tors, the Government has submitted to Parliament its inten-
tion with respect to the renewal of the Bank of England
Charter, and to the law affecting joint-stock banks.
" Without explanation of details the Directors feel it
would be premature to give any decided opinion as to the
proposed measure, but as Government has avowed its inten-
tion of respecting existing interests, and to proceed on the
principle of facilitating the operation of joint-stock banks,
the Directors entertain an expectation that any new legisla-
tion will not operate any disadvantage to the National Pro-
vincial Bank."
After a short discussion, the report was adopted.
Mr. Henry Weymouth, Mr. Isaac Nicholson, and Mr.
Thomas Wilson, were re-elected Directors ; Mr. Edward
Stewart and Sir D. Scott were elected Directors, in the room
of Mr. George Lynch and Mr. Archibald Paul.
A dividend of 5 per cent. was declared, and, after a high
eulogium had been passed by several of the Directors upon
the course pursued by the Manager, Mr. Robertson, the meet-
ing separated, every Proprietor appearing well pleased with
the prosperity of the establishment.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE:
NEWMARKET-TUESDAY NIGHT.

Arrivals.—Duke of Rutland, Duke of Montrose, Mar •
quis of Exeter, Lord and Lady Albemarle, Lord Orford,
Lord Vivian, Lord W. Powlett, Sir R. Bulkeley, Sir D.
Baird, Hon. Colonel Anson, Hon. G. Fitzroy, Hon.
Captain Rous, Colonel Peel, Colonel Brinkman, Messrs.
Thornhill, Batson, Newton, Gardnor, Higgins, Port-
man, S. Stanley, Rush, jun., Forester, Jaques, &c.

WEDNESDAY.

Handicap Plate of 50/. for three yrs old and up-
wards. A.F.

Lord Exeter's f by Gladiator, out of Elegance, 4 yrs,
Bst 61b (W. Boyce) 1
Mr. Crockford's Pine Apple, 4 yrs, Bst I Ilb 2
Mr. Berrington's Father Mathew, 3 yrs, Est 131 b . 3
Mr. Newton's Jenny Jumps, 4 yrs, 7st 81b 4
5 to 4 agst Jenny Jumps, 3 to 1 agst Father Mathew,
and 3to 1 agst Elegance filly. Jenny Jumps made slow
running to the bushes, where, on her followers joining
company, she resigned. Father Mathew went on with
the running to within 100 yards of the chair, where
Pine Apple and the Elegance filly challenged ; a pretty
race home was decided in favour of the filly by half a
length, Father Mathew a capital third.
The Suffolk Stakes of 15 Sovs. each, 5 ft if declared,
with 100 added. Last mile and a-half of R. C. (69
Subs., of whom 44 declared, and four did not name.)
Mr. Villiamson's The Cure, 3 yrs, Est 31b (R. Cotton) 1
Lord Glenlyon's Ben-y-Ghlo, 4 yrs, 7st 91b 2
Duke of Bedford's Minotaur, 4 yrs, 7st 71b
The following also ran Mr. John Day's St. Law
rence, aged, 9st—Duke of Grafton's Cataract, 4 yrs, 7st
51b—Lord Exeter's Albion, 5 yrs, 7st 41b—Mr. Philli-
more's Syntaxina, 6 yrs, ist—Col. Peel's Hartshorn,
4 yrs, Est 71b (carried Est 121b)—Lord Miltown's
Bourra Tomacha, 4 yrs, Est 41b—Lord Maidstone's Deuce
Ace, 3 yrs, sst 61b—Lord Chesterfield's Buzz, 3 yrs,
sst 41b—Mr. A. Glenn's Lucy Long, 3 yrs, 4st 81b—and
Lord Albemarle's Candidate, 3 yrs, 4st 81b.
Betting-2 to 1 agst The Cure, 2to 1 agst Minotaur,
7 to 1 agst Ben-y-Ghlo, 10 to 1 agst Cataract, and 10 to
1 agst Candidate. •
The Manto filly was declared not to start at about 12
o'clock this morning, having previously been backed at
6to 1. St. Lawrence made running for three quarters
of a mile at a strong pace. The Cure, who had followed
him in company with Minotaur, overpowering the lad,
then took the lead from him, and went two lengths in ad-
vance to the corner of the plantations, where St. Lawrence
was beaten. Ben-y-Ghlo now joined Minotaur, and beat
him at the foot of the hill, but could not reach The
Cure, who, albeit hanging to the right, maintained his
lead to the end and won by three lengths; Cataract was
fourth, St. Lawrence fifth, Lucy Long sixth, and Buzz
seventh; all beaten a length or two from each other,
The Jockey Club Plate of 501. ; for four yrs old,
7st 21b; five, Bst 31b; six and aged, Bst 91b; the pro-
perty of members of the Jockey Club, B.C.
Lord Exeter's Wee Pet, 4 yrs (Mann) 1
Duke of Rutland's Hyrcanian, 4 yrs 2
6 to 4 on Hyrcanian, who was beaten easily.
Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each; for four yrs old colts,
Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 51b. Last three miles of B.C.
(4 Subs.)
Mr. Thornhill's Elixir, Brother to Mango, walked over.