The Sun.
London, England, 1826-08-04 00:00:00

ARIGNA COMPANY.

Yesterday the lialf-yearly General Meeting of the Pro-
prietors of this Company took place at the London Tavern,
JaMes Brogden, Esq., M.P., in the Chair.
The Report stated, that the Committee had pursued the
investigation intrusted to its charge, and' that Jos. Clarke,
B. Clarke, John Dunstan, Timothy Francis Power, and
A. A. Surtees, having been removed from their office as
Directors, it became requisite to fill up these vacancies.--.
The Report stated, that the works in Ireland had been te-
ducedto
a comparatively trilling amount, and that thej
will not exceed 501. a-week for the future. As to the
hancial affairs, there being no auditors present, no .state-
meet certified' in the proper form could be laid before the
Meeting; The funds of the Company consisted of a sum
of about 11,0341 3 per Cent. Consols. Applications had
been made to, the, original Trustees to transfer the stock to
the Gentlemen now moving as Directors but the transfer
having been refused, legal notice had been served upon the
Bank of England, in order to prevent the possibility of a
misapplication of it.
Mr. Joseph Clarke asked whether the Report had been
signed by three Directors in office ?
This was answered in the negative.
Mr. Brogden, in order to settle the matter, took a pen
Report.
Mr. signed the
Mr. Denman,
_ when Mr. Brogden put the question,
whether the Report should be received, rose to protest,
which he did in the loudest tone, against proceeding to the
election of. Directors upon a Report got up under such
circumstances. Be' said, the contrast between the pre-
set:tetra.- Of the' Company, and its condition under the
'Joyner Dilutor/, was most lamentable. When the E.

Directors were first arraigned, they offered to take all the
shares at par, and they were now worth Is. a share.
Mr. Comerford said the shares had suffered a deprecia-
tion under the former Direction. It must be manifest to
every one, that the bad effects could only be obviated by
persevering in a course of quite a different kind. Mr.
M'Lean and Sir William Congreve had consented to trans-
fer the stock, but Mr. Joseph Clarke had refused.
Mr. Joseph Clarke said his property in the Company,
which was, when he was in the Direction, worth upwards
of 3,0004 was reduced to the value of 2504 by the conduct
of the gentlemen who now took it upon themselves to act
as Directors.

Mr. Clarke said he had received a letter from Mr.
Comerford, requesting that he would transfer the stock
into the hands of Mr. Bent, Mr. Brogden, and Mr. Mor-
gan. He certainly had refused so to do, and for very good
reasons he thought. In the first place, if he transferred
the 10,0004, andif the three gentlemen had thought proper
to misapply it, they would not be responsible to the Share-
holders for the loss. In the next, he felt disposed to pro-
teet his own property, as well as theirs, and he did not
chettise to acept Mr. Brogden as a trAttec.
Mr. Denman—This is no meeting at all. Every thing
done here is null and void. We had better adjourn.
Mr. Robert Hitchens moved that the Report be re-
ceived.

Mr. William Clarke said, that of this he was sure, the
property of the. Shareholders, so far from being depre-
ciated by the efforts of the Committee, would not now be
worth ten farthings, if the former Directors had been per-
mitted to remain in power. The fall in those shares was
the consequence of mismanagement and abuses, which it
was the business .of the present Committee to correct; and
also said no language could speak more strongly than the
acts of the Directors, and the determination of the Share-
holders to expel them.
. _

Mr. Powers (an old Director).—You lie!
Mr. Win. Clarke assured the Proprietors, without tak-
ing notice of this most respectable line of argument, that
he was sure no man could be more zealous or active than
those whom they were called upon to elect.
[Here some conversation took place in different parts of
the room. The lie was repeatedly given, and parties
strutted up to each other as if they meditated some very
terrible breaches of the peace.)
_ _

Mr. Brogden.—This is really horrible, gentlemen.
Shareholders.—lt is your business, Mr. Chairman, to
put a stop to it. Why don't you do so?
Mr. Brogden.—The language is so different from that
which I have ever been in the habit of hearing—and I
have been connected with several Joint Stock Companies
—that I do not know how to act.

A Shareholder.--I am the nephew of Mr. Power, and
I went to Mr. Comerford and Mr. Parker, and said, that I
would not allow any one to calumniate my uncle or
Mr. Surtees. They assured me that they had nothing to
allege against either; and am I now to listen to those
calumnies ?

This gave rise to further confusion, and it was asserted
that Mr. Brogden had described all the gentlemen in the
former Direction as the most zealous men he had ever met
with in his life.

Mr. Brogden.—Certainly I did, until I discovered what
;hey were.

liTr. John Hinde said, that he had been grossly calum-
niated, in a speech made by Mr. Bent, in his absence. It
was with respect to a conversation with Mr. Flattery, out
of whose pocket the sum of 15,000/. that had been di-
vided, had come, instead of out of the pockets of the
Shareholders.

Mr. Flattery.—lt never came out of my pocket, for it
never got in.
' Mr. Hinde stated, that the report of Mr. Bent's speech
made that gentleman say, that Mr. Flattery told him that
Mr. Hinde said he knew that the 15,0001. was divided
,between the Directors, and that he (Mr. Hinds) after-
wards admitted that fact to Mr. Bent. Now this was
not the fact; he had said nothing of the kind to either.
Mr. Flattery—The Clarkes get the money ; they know
it. I ask you, did they not make gO,OOO/. by the sale of
shares ? If I had chosen to put Money in my pockets,
could I not have sold my shares ?
• A Shareholder—We had better join Roger Flattery,
Esq. to the new Directors ?—(Laughter.)
Mr. Flattery—Do you hold your tongue, Isaac. You
are always telling such d—d lies. Go along and account
for the 10,000/. you got out of the Hombush mines.
A Shareholder—You lie!

Another—You lie, you rascal !
Mr. Flattery—You know, Isaac, you are an ould liar.
Mr. Denman—Why, Mr. Flattery, you act with great
assurance. It is not long since you were a beggar.
Mr. Flattery—You are the cut of an ould beggar—look
at him.

Mr. Hinde-1 must say, that Mr. Bent told a most
impudent falsehood in saying, that I made the acknow-
ledgment to him about the 15,0001. division. I never did.
He came to me, and spoke to me about the Arigna—but
I never replied. I always said to Mr. Bent, that he was
to receive a bonus; and if the Clarkes hare not made a
good thing.of it, I am very sorry for it.
Mr. Flattery—Oh, this is pretty humbugging.
Affer a great deal of angry discussion, in the midst of
which Mr. Brogden said he really believed that he should
be obliged to call in the assistance of the police,
The Report was at length received, and the following
gentlemen were elected
Directors—Mr. Brogden, Mr. Bent, Mr. Morgan, Cap-
tain
Fox,Ca t r Mr. R. Hitchens, Mr. -Frampton,
Mr.
Mr.
r.i3MrarrooNov,n,
Mr. Hills, and Mr. lierley.
Auditors—Mr. Gooch and Mr. Pritchett.
Mr. Joseph Clarke entered his protest against the pro-
(eiediiigs ik,s as illegal ; and was borne out in his opinion by
A•r, v
sen., who attended upon the part of the ex-
Ni
' directors.
Mr. Brogden must have felt greatly humiliated. Many
of the Shareholders treated him with the most rude
scorn. His request was, upon every occasion, disregard-
ed, and he had the charge of participation repeatedly thrown
in his teeth.

The following is a copy of a notice posted at
Lloyd's:.--
SWEDISH DIVING COMPANY.
The Committee are informed, that application has been made
for the renewal of the Charter of this Company for 25 years,
of December, 1827; and that the president and direc-
tore are endettvouring to obtain certificates from ship-owners
anunderwriters in Sweden, and foreign countries, that they
oiling of 1825:vheleill:
the*ec,„'ll° emPlaint to make against the conduct and charges of
Committee and that they wish for a continuance of it. The
bitamnitnitte, therefore request that such parties as have had exor-
the winning to
settle with the Company, and especially since
"rnPanY, will be pleasedastoBf7v4olisurh,
laced nn
Lloyd's,
theAAugust
fwting
•
.Iwaag Diving
oPy
at
earliest itit is understood British shipping
thweimthwregithartithetopartthie-

JOHN BENNETT.

KHAN.--NEW
-"K) JULY 8.-11lr. Kean has
left town for Montreal, but proceeds thither by way of
Niagara, and is expected to open in Montreal on the
24th instant. We understand that Mr. Clark and
Mr. Lee, of the Park Theatre, have accompanied
him.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAILBRIDGI, Aust. 4.—Mr. George William Barnard, of
King's College, was on Wednesday last admitted Fellow of that
society.

Dr. Rennet!, the venerable Dean of Winchester; bee, awing to
advanced age and increasing infirmity, resigned the Mastership of
the:Temple, to which he was presaatted by Mr. Pitt; and will, it
is said, be succeeded by the Rev. Christopher Benson, the present
rector of St. Giles in the Fields, and formerly anima Lecturer
in this university.

His Majesty having been pleased to grant a Royal Charter of
Incorporation to the University Life Assurance Society, the first
meeting of the members was held at the British Coffee House, on
Tuesday, the 18th of July, the Right lion. Charles Manners Sut-
ton in the chair. A considerable number of gentlemen were pre-
sent. After tte charter had been read, a very satisfactory state-
ment of the business which had been transacted during the first
year of the establishment of the society previous to the charter,
was laid before the meeting, when it appeared that assurances had
been proposed to the amount of nearly 400,0001., and policies
granted on the lives of 222 persons, to whom by a singular coin-
cidence the number of Oxford and Cambridge men were exactly
equal, and that the society had tkostained no loss by the death of
any meurer. The bye-laws were then agreed upon, under which
the corporations will in future be governed. The petitioners to
his Majesty fur the charter were the Lord Bishop of Bristol, the
Very Rev. the Dean of Christ Church, the Right Hon. Charles
Manners Sutton, then Speaker of the House of Commons, and
John Wray, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, late of Trinity College, Cam-
bridge. The charter has been granted for the purpose of encou-
raging among professional men, and more particularly the clergy,
the practice of life assurances, but it is 'linked to those persons
who are now, or have been, members of the Universities of Oxford
or Cambridge.

The Rey. William Charles Ridley, of Kimbolton, is appointed
domestic chaplain to the Duke of Manchester.

COMBINATION PAPER, 1826.
Pliwa coma.
Aug. 6. Coll. Regal.
13. C,oll. Trim

20. Coll. Joh.
27. Mr. Wilkinson, Chr.
Sept. 3. Mr. Williams, Pemb.
10. Mr. Burroughs, Char.
17. Mr. Dugmore,
24. Coll. Regal.
Oct. 1. Coll. Trio.
S. Coll. Joh.
15. Mr. Beauchamp, Chr.
. 22. Mr. Parish, Begin.
29. CONAIrat. BINZFACT.
Nov. 5. Mr. Wilder, Cop.

12. M. Porter, Cai:

- -
lg. Coll. Rega-
l& Coll. Trio.
Doc. 3. Coll. Joh, •
10. Mr. Batton, Mr.
17. Mr. Wybagh, Pooh.
24. Mr. T. B. Vl4kineon, Corp.
31. Mr. G. Hanlon. Ju.
Rup is Theolog. Oppon.
/Mr. Francis, Ceti.
Mr. Malthus, Jes. - - Coll. Regal.
Coll. Trin.
)Coll. Jolt.
Mr. Gore, Entnion. - Mr. Hatchard, litagd.
Mr. Barham, Regin.
Mr. Temple, Sid.
Mr. R. Smith, Trio. - Mr. Watertield, Edmiston.
Coll. Regal.
IColl. True.
Mr. Pettiward, Trin. - Coll. Joh.
Mr. Vale. Mari.

e05mut,..40111.13.
Aug. 8. Mr. Burnaby, Trios.
13. Mr. Cofterill, Joh.
20. Mr. Connop, Joh.
24. Fm. Sr. BAILTSOL. Mr. Hutehosson,
27. Mr. Douglas, Corp.
Sept. S. Mr. 'Mead, Sid.
10. Mr. Warmth, Perish.
17. Mr. Mason, jun. Oar.
21. Farr. Sr. Mars. Mr. Lathes, %Yes.
24. Mr. Alderson, Cai.
29. FIST. S. /hot. Prof. Musgrave, Trin.
Mr. Button, Rosin.
Oct. 1. Mr. Hodson, May&
8. Mr. Fisher, Chr.
15. Mr. Sharp, Regis.
18. Fxsr. S. Luc. Mr. Jowett, Joh.
22. Mr. Lowther, Trin.
28. Farm. SS. Six. et Jun. Mr. Beague, Em.
29. Mr. asrryvince, Cai.
NOV. 1. FIST. O. SANC
• Mr. Orman Trin.
Air. Whieldon, Chu-.
5. Mr. Cookson, Trio-
-12. Mr. Heckford, Trim.
19. Mr. North, Ca/.
26. Mr. Maxwell, Trin.
30. FIST. S. Ann. Mr. Godbold, Emman.
Dec. 3. Mr. Baker, Trio,.
10. Mr. Sisson, Clar.
17. Mr. Curtis, Trim.
21. Pas?. S. Twain. Mr. Abdy, Jas.
24. Mr. Mountain, Trin.
26, Fast. NATIV. Mr. Carpendsle, Joh.
26. Fm. S. &ram. Mr. Word.* Trim.
27. Farr. S. Jou-Mr. Stony, Refill.
22. Fain.. Innoc. lir. Brown, .Enunax•
81. Mr. C. Drage, Roman.

Beep. in Jaw. Cu.. Opp".
i
Mr. Hustler, Jas. -- - Mr. Clarkson, Jes.
1 Mr. Doughty, Cal.
Reap. in Medic. Oppon.
Mr. Browning, Eninian.
Mr. Stockdale, Pcmb• - - 1 mr. Bond, Corp.

Singuli suo ordine concionabmatar, respondebunt, disputabunt,
cleterasque exercitationes ipsi per se sus in personfi prwatabunt,
nisi justa canal) inciderit secunclum Statuta approbanda.
Ad Concioues in Tempi() Beare Maria, nulla de causii quis-
quam alter= sibi surroget, qui ad Concionem aliquam babendam
ontnino non sit (a principio ad finem circuli Combinationtun)
assignatus, sine express llama a Pro-Cancellario prius obtentii
quo de ipsius grade, sacris ordinibus, canonici obedieutiii, cteteris-
que requisitis constet Pro-Cancellario, antequam admittatur ad
Concionem publican).
J. Noon*, Prwancellaritts.

A Grace having passed the Senate to the following effect :--
" That those to whom the Sunday afternoon4urns, and the turns
for Christmas Day and Good Friday are *signed, shall, from the
beginning, of Nevember 1826, to the end of May 1192%provide
no other substitute than such as are appointed in conformity with
that Grace :" the following persona have been elected, each for the
month to which his name is affixect:—
November... Mr. Le Balt, Trinity.
December Mr. Adams, Sidney.
January Mr. C. Musgrave, Trinity.
February Mr. Graham, Christ's.
March Mr. Parry, St, John's.
April Mr. Chevallier, Cath. Hall.
May ~.Professor Scholefield, Trinity.

A Gentleman, nearly 80 Years of age, who has for
several mouths been residing al a lodger at Charlton, near Dover,
left his bed on Friday morning about half-past four o'clock, and
walked to the brook near the Victualling-Office, and threw him-
self into the water. He was taken out by a person who saw the
occurrence, and seemed to walk home; but on his being left alone,
he returned, and again threw himself into the water. Two persons
who were paining rescued him a second time, and took him so his
lodging°, He assigued no rem" for his sin fuller conduct.—r
Knitiet Gazatt,

MEXICO.

The following are extracts from the address of the
President of Mexico, in closing the session of Con-
gress in May last :

" The treaty of amity, navigation, and commerce with Great
Britain, although it has hitherto offered same difficulties, which
have retarded the wished-for end of the negociation, it is to be
hoped will soon be concluded in a manner convenient and
advantageous to the parties ; and that it will place the seal on the
relations which happily exist already, and which are cultivated by
the one nation and the other in the bosom of the most sincere
friendship. When good faith and frankness preside over the se-
gociations, it is easy to approximate even the interests which ap-
pear most distant.

" It is moreover to be believed that we shall, from the same
principles, labour to place in close union, and to regulate the inte-
rest of the United States of the North with those of this country.
The Government, following up its system of neutral commerce on
the basis of perfect equality, has, in the course of the negocia-
tions, resisted the exception which Mexico desires to establish and
to see generalized in those parts of America which have been depen-
dent on the same mother country, and which, from their identity
of principles, of origin, and of necessities, make common cause for
their mutual assistance against thait common enemy. Those
States, though American in their opinions and interests, have
connexions with Europe which are to be respected to a certain
point—connexions which do not exist for the new States, which
are under the necessity of assisting one another in every sense. An
official document, which has just appeared in the face of the na-
tions, has illustrated the policy of the cabinet at Washington in re-
gard to the grand continent of America, The memorable promise
of President Monroe, contained in his message of the-2d of De-
' *ember of ISIS, is not sustained by the actual Government of the
United States of the North, which has publicly declared that it
has contracted no obligation, nor made any promise to the Govern-
ments of Mexico and of South America—that the Unite! Stites
will not suffer the interference of any foreign power in the inde-
pendence and form of government of these nations.' It is certain
that Mr. Clay, Secretary of State, and author of the note, appeals
to the sympathy of the people of the United States, and their com-
munity of interests with the new republics; but it is no less cer-
tain that the guarantee of a compact disappears, from the disin-
.clination of this Government to unite itself with ours in the strug-
gle which some powerful auxiliary of Spain may provoke. The
Mexican Republic, in declaring her irulepenrience of all the na-
tions of the globe, rested herself on the purity of the principles she
invoked, in the inexhaustible resources of her soil, and in the ad-
venturous valour of her sons. She proclaimed maxims of univer-
sal justice, and her desires to unite herself to all the nations by the
ties of a friendship the most intimate, and the reciprocity of
rights and obligations. No flag has been excluded from her ports,
and her rich commerce remains constantly open to the speculations
of the subjects of all countries. This philanthropic conduct has
gained the Mexican United States the esteem and the approbation
of nations, white at the same time the tranquillity of the interior,
.and the free circulation of riches have strengthened her elements
:of defence. The Gcreernment of the Republic regards it as be-
:yond the circle of probabilities, that any power, distinct from
Spain, should venture an the enterprise of disturbing the pacific
possession Of .an existence which valour acquired, and moderation
protects. . But if, contrary to all expectation, the classic. soil of
liberty should be profaned, Mexico by herself alone will be enough
to defend and preserve her rights and dignities.

" The Emperor Alexander, in the last days of his life, when be
descended to the tomb, bowed clown by the weight of the domi-
nion of Europe, proclaimed solemnly his principles, his wishes,
and his intentions in respect to the American revolution. Mr.
Clay announced to the Cabinet of St. Petereburgh the profound
considerations which bound it to interfere in so important a busi-
ness. The Secretary of the United States insists on the idea that
' the peace of the world will not be irrevocably assured, while the
convulsions and the uncertisiti struggle in-America remain. The
designs of the Cabinet of Washington will do honour to it always,
because they have been worthy of its foresight, of ite calculation,
and of its phila4phy.; :I'hefoundations of Antericsu independence
are analysed with singular'doterity, light is diffused over facts,
awl the final development, which, after so various events has at
lengtkoccurred, is &retold. The necessity of conforming to cir-
cumstances, and to the irresistible power of a triumphant revolu-
tion, is enforced with great boldness. The resources of the new
States are shown, and the fear lest the continuation of the war, of
a war fatal to Spain itself, may give a pernicious turn to certain
' interests, to the united `frees of t 0,000,000 of men confederated
and conquering, nothing is oinittedwhich may conduce meet forth
events of which the evidence is so palpable. It must, injustice, be
confessed that the Emperor of Russia did not turn a deaf ear to an
invitation which concerned his generous character as regulator of
the destinies of Europe, Count Nesselrode, in a note of the oth of
August of last year, confines 'himielf to declaring, that tjme opi-
nions of Isis Majesty do not permit.him, in so important a'iase, to
anticipate the determinations of the mother country; itrid that
Russia cannot give a ileAnite reply to the propositions of the united
States, till she shall have received positive intelligence of the fur-
ther designs of Spain, 'and of the intention of the The
favourite maxima of a cabinet which marches at the head of the
Allied Powers are not unknown, neither will it be hidden from him
who reflects on the phrues.of this celebrated document, that they
involve hostile projects of Russia against the modern Republics."
•

" In the administration of salt, gunpowder, and other incomes
of the federation, the regulitiony which have been observed have
proved of such success, that after covering the national expenses
and all the foreign debts, a surplus for the republic may be ex-
pected from the progressive continuation,. of the present order of
things. I observe, with "a singular satisfaction, that my prognos-
tics of January last are going to be realised in the middle of the
present year.

" I have also the satisfaction to be enabled to inform the Clam-
bers, that the obligations entered into with 11 reign markets for
loans are religiously complied With down to the present day.
" In the beginning of January of the present year, it was neces-
sary to place money in London to meet the payment of dividend♦
of the loan effected through the house of B. A. Goldschinidt and
Co., and a remnant occurred to the balance due. The funds
destined for the April dividend are actually at sea. There is suf-
ficient now at Vera Cruz. What is wanted for the dividend
payable on the Ist July next, will he shipped without loss of time,
and my satisfaction is. still increase 4, when I can assure the
General Congress that the sums which are to come into the public
Treasury by vessels already entered into our ports, are sufficient to
fill up the great fund wanted for the last two dividends of 1826.

" The Mexican National Funds had followed the fall of those
of the first rank in England. In the last few months, the fall
of every description of credit, withont excepting the European
ones, was progressive to the most abject degree ; the result of this
moment was, that various houses stopped payment, and among
them the house of Goldscinuidt, involving the Mexican Govern.
ment in a balance in its Favour; but care has been taken to secure
it, with the assistance of the laws.
" This mercantile revolution was, by some (without any rte..
Bailable cause), attributed to some political event'. The nodule.
tions of that great market do- not admit, this time, any other cause
but
the
extraordinary extension of speculations, and the scarcity of
metallic's, which they have occasioned., '
The following are the terms of the decree of the Mexican Con-
Ovular the abolition of titles, as. it.passed the Senate:--
1. Are extinguished for ever the titles of Count, Marquis,
Knight, and all of like nature, whatever may be their nature.
2. Thit2loverttrient shall order to be destroyed by the owners
of houses, coaches, and all other property publicly used, the escut-
alms of arms and other insignia which call to recollection the
ancient dependence On or connexion of America with Spain.

The obituary of a New York paper contains the
,_,,,..winunotice:—Died, on board the packet-ship James Crop_
per, 'the 27th of May, on. her passage from Liverpool, of sett
iesa, Miss Nancy Hamblin, a native of England, and sister to
Mr. Moines Hamblin, late of the London, but now of the Ameri-
can theatres, aged lb years. This interesting young lady had em-
barked from her native country to meet the fond embraces and to
receive the kind proteutton of her brother and sister, when she was
ultimately cut off from life, and consigned to the grave. Her re-
mains were brought to New York, where they Imo interred by ,
her brother sad s numerous circle of friends