The Sun.
London, England, 1827-02-07 00:00:00

ARIGNA MINING COMPANY.-(THIS DAY.)

A General Meeting of the above Company was convened yes-
terday, for the purpose of receiving the Report of a COmmittee of
Investigation, appointed by a former General Meeting.
Mr. MORGAN having been called to the chair, the Secretary
'proceeded to read the Report, which stated that 63,783/. Iss.
6d. was received on behalf of the Company, and the entire of
that sum, with the exception of 39/., in the hands of the
Bankers, was alleged to have been disbursed. The Report
went on to state, that the documents supplied by the Di-
rectors, did not contain any vouchers for a sum exceeding
21,000/. The report did not mean to convey that the above sum
was available to the Company, but noticed the circumstance to
prove the extraordinary degree of carelessness evinced in the ma.
nagement of the concern, which they stated extended itself even
to the manner in which the most important books of the Company
were kept. The - Committee also alluded in a very pointed man-
ner to a great deficiency of coals and iron, which appeared from
the statement of the Directors, as well as to the false valuation
made by the Directors of the, property of the mines. Another
instance of irregularity was stated to be, that the Treasurer's
book and the Bankers' were found -to agree in only a few particu-
lars, and to furnish the most decided discrepancies. , The state-
ment originally put forward, with-respect to the appropriation of
sbares,was also stated to be extremely delusive. Messrs.Brogden and
Bent were the only persons who held the whole number of sharee ori-
ginally appropriated to them. The Committee were of opinion, that
a profit of 40,3001. had come into the pockets of the Directors
in various proportions, and on different pretences. One of the
plans proposed for. raising money, was by the sale of shares, un-
der the name of orders, or in expectation of some future appro-
priation of shares to the Directors. A variety of other contri-
vances were also resorted .03, which the Committee considered ille-
gal as well as highly improper. The Committee conceived that
the Directors had neglected their duty in the grossest man-
ner, and that their whole object appeared to be mono-
poly. Upon pretence of purchase-rioney, the Direc-
tors divided 15,000/. amongst themselves, and suffered
18,000/. to be expended upon the works, the only return for
which was 18 tons of iron. The Report next adverted to the
present state of the works at Arigna, and the future expectations
of the Company. It concluded with stating it to be the decided
opinion of the Committee, that with prudent management and
upright servants, the mines might be worked with great advan-
tage to. the sister country, and with a reasonable prospect of -suc-
cess to the Proprietors. The Committee also recommended that
the Shareholders should support to the utmost the suit already in-
stituted against the late Directors, and that for this, and the pur-
pose of carrying on the works, they recommended a further pay-
ment of 4/. a share.

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Mr. Dlormax enquired whether it was not usual to issue
shares to one person, whilst others signed for them. He insisted
that this was a general proceeding, and not confined to any indi-
vidual.

Mr. Loxox thought the point adverted to was immaterial.—
What the Committtee pointed at was, the circumstance of selling
shares under the name of orders in the market.

Several Gentlemen offered their opinions in explanation of the
Report, with so much eagerness and personality, that the Chair-
man was forced to interfere, and begged the Meeting to confine
themselves to the subject immediately before them.
Mr. DENMAN said, that as the Committee had approved of
Mr. Inglish's conduct, he begged to ask, whether it was true
that he had stated that the Messrs. Clarke had endeav6ured to
bribe Col: Tennison's steward.

Mr. lIITCHINS said, that as Chairman of the Committee, he
thought it his duty to state, that the approval of Mr. Inglish by the
,Committee only referred to him as the accountant of the Committee,
in which situation he had evinced great zeal and talent.
After a protracted discussion, in which Mr. Hill; Mr. Win.
Clark, and several other Gentlemen took part, the report of the
Committee was adopted, and it was resolved to continue the works
for the profit of the Company.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY).

FROM LLOYD'S.

. .
DEAL, FEB. N.E.—The Honourable. Company's
ship Buckinghamshire, Glasspool, for India, passed About 2. P.M.
The Brighton, Sebor, for New York, and several others also
passed.
COWES, FEB. 6.—The transport ship Indian Trader, • which
put.in here yesterday to land troops, and which was reported to
have arrived from CanadA, is from the Island of Grenada.
PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 6.—Arrived, the Economy, Lemmur,
from Oporto is 14 days ; and the Indian Trader transport, from
Cowes. The Good Hope, Klein, from Messina, is released•from
quarantine. . _

GRAVESEND, FEB. 6.—Arrived, the Ann, Richardson, from
Pillau ; and the Ann, Waghorn, from Dunkirk.
PLYMOUTH, FEB. s.—Arrived, .the Henri, —, from St.
Thomas's.

GOTTENBURGH, Fiß. 1.-The Fortuna, Nykioburgh to Leith,
struck on the Fenn Rocks on the 7th ult., and has put into a
harbour near Marstrand, leaky, where she discharged to repair.

The Westerwick, Close, for Cadiz, was on shore near Mayo
the night of the 14th ult., but, got off next day without damage. •
The Venus, Lindburgh, for London, and the Triumph, Rose,
for the Mediterranean, are prevented from sailing from drift ice,
but it is expected the first East wind will clear the harbour of ice.
,The Cordilea, from St. Petersburgh to Limerick, is on shore
on the Island of Sands, and not expected to be got off.
The Mary Ann, Gage, from Lisbon, has arrived off Penzance.
The Mary Ann, from Liverpool, was stranded on the 27th alt.
in the Isle of Skye ; cargo and materials expected to be saved.

THE MARKETS—(THIS DAY). .
CORN-EXCHANGE.
There are short supplies of all kinds of Grain reported this
week, and our buyers appear able to accommodate their wants
to the diminished quantities now offered for sale ; there is, there-
fore, little doing to-day, and prices of every article may be re-
ported the same as Monday.

ARRIVALS.
Wheat. Barley.
I 2,400 qrs. 3,550 qrs.

Oats. I Flour.
tW qrs. 2,B7oseks.

English
Irish '
Foreign

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2,98 U

THE KING'S COURT.

On Monday afternoon, at half, past five o'clock, his Majesty
Leld a Court at his Palace at Brighton, which was attended by

the Lord President of the Council; the Master General of the
Ordnance, the Secretary of State for the Home Departmen't,the First
Lord of the Admiralty, the Lord Steward of the Household,
the Master of the Horse, the itidge Advocate Geperal, Lord St
Helens, &c.

The King entered the Council Room about the time appoint-
ed, and proceeded' to hold a Privy Council, at which his Majesty,
according to annual custom, pricked for the list of Sheriffs .for
the present year, one gentleman for each county in England,
&c., out of the three nominated by the Twelve Judges of Eng-
land, on the morrow of St. Martin, at the Court of Exchequer,
in November last.

His Majesty gave audiences' to the Earl of Harrowhy and Mr.
Secretary Peel.
. After the proceedings of the Council, the King 'entertained

those composing the Council with a sumptuous - dinner in the
Great Dining Room of the Palace, which was brilliantly illu-
minated.

The Duke of Wellington arrived at the Palace about half past
three o'clock on Monday afternoon to attend the King in Council.
Mr. Secretary Peel and Viscount Melville arrived from London
about a quarter past four o'clock. The Earl of Harrowby and the
Judge Advocate arrived at four o'clock. •

NEW WAY OF RAISING THE WIND.---A few dayS
since, a young ' girl near Gloucester, in the prospect of marriage,
being unable to find money to purchase her wedding clothes,
actually submitted to the painful operation of having seven of her
front teeth drawn, for which she received 5 guineas, and afterwards
provided the necessary articles ! 'Warwick Advertiser.
A Spaniard, named . Dominico Marell, was lately
condemned. to death at Barcelona for stealing a pix in one of the
churches. The wretched man was dragged to the scaffold on a
hurdle, and, after being hanged, he was quartered, and his limbs
were exposed upon the principle gates of the church.

On Wednesday last, as one of the turnkeys belong-
ing to Preston gaol, was removing a convict, named George
Waddington, to the Hulks, he contrived to elude the vigilance
of his keeper, and escaped. Waddington, it appears, was placed
on the roof of one of the Woolwich stages, where he was secured
as such subjects commonly are under such circumstances. By
some means or other, though in the middle of the day, lie con-
trived, when thecoach arrived at the Canal Bridge, Deptford,
to slip hiS hand through the handcuff which fastened him to
the roof, whence he jumped down, and ran off, although double
ironed, and his legs much swollen in consequence pf the fetters
be wore.