The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-01 00:00:00

BAHIA STEAM NAVIGATION
CO MPAN Y.
Yesterday the Half .yearly General Meeting of the
Shareholders of this Company was hell at the George
and Vulture Tavern, George-yard, Loilibard-street.
At one o'clock, tire chair was taken by Mr. Benson,
when a gentleman inquired whether there was not an
objection to the interfe:ence of any other than Pro-
prictors with the business of the meeting.
The CMAIRMAN said certainly, that none but Pro-
prietors could interfere with the proceedings.
Mr. Cox, a solicitor, said that he attended on the
part of a Proprietor, Mr. Farmer, and he hoped that
no person who was not a Proprietor should be allowed
to vote. Those who 'id taken scrip and had not
signed the deed nere not Proprietors, and he con-
sidered that the course pursued by the present Direc-
tors was very unfair, in not producing the deed at the
general meetings, so that it should be known who were
Proprietors.
A DIRECTOR said that the deed was always in the
room. No one could vote who had not signed it. But
gentlemen who held scrip might sign it whenever they
pleased, aed thereby become entitled to vote. He wus
not aware that any gentleman who was not a share-
holder would interfere in the meeting, nor that there
was any such person present, except the members of
the public press.
Mr. Cox insisted upon his right to ascertain whether
the meeting consisted of bona fide Proprietors of the
Company or not.
Several Shareholders protested against his interrup,
Lion of the business of the day, and at the same time
assured him that no one was ever permitted to vote wba
bad not signed the deed. , The holders of scrip were
entitled to their dividends, but not to vote until they
bad signed the deed.
After some further interruptions, Mr. Cox at length
gave way, and the business was opened in the usual
manner by the Chairman reading the advertisement
which called the meeting together, according to the pro-
visions of the Deed of Incorporation. The minutes of
the last quarterly meeting were read and confirmed.
Mr. KERRISON, the Solicitor and Secretary to the
Company, then read the Report of the Directors,
which was of considerable length. The most im-
portant points were, that the Brazilian subscribers were
greatly in arrear of the British, as regarded the pey-
ments on their shares ; that Mr. Armando, the Bra-
zilian agent, not having pressed for the payment of the
calls due in Brazil, nor having brought with him, in his
last visit to London, the moneys, amounting to 14,600
milreas and 353 reas, which he had received on behalf
of the Company, but left after him in the hands of a Bra-
zilian house—but at the same time expressing a wish to
purchase, oo the part of hisown firm or of the Brazilians, the
interest of the British Shareholders—the Directors in Lon-
don thought it expedient to take the agency out of his
hands, in order that he might be in a better condition
to negotiate, for himself or others, the proposed pur-
chase, than if he were an agent of the Company. The
agency was transferred to the house of Beevor and Co.,
who were instructed to take measures for obtaining
from the former agents their cash balances, and from
the Brazilian Shareholders the amount of their
arrears. Several important reductions were made
in the expenditure of the American esta-
blishment. One vessel, the Todos o Santos,
which was never fit for the service, had been sold, but
the terms of payment bad not yet been agreed on.—
(A laugh.) A timber-built steam-boat was under re-
pair in August last, and was expected to prove a ser-
viceable boat. An iron steamer, which, having been
originally built for work between London and Graves-
end, was never quite adequate to work upon the Atlan
tic, but it.underwent frequent repairs, and was kept up
to the work. On the whole the information received
from Brazil up to the date of September last, gave
reason to hope that the property of the Company would
before long become a valuable one. The cash in the
hands of the bankers at the date of this Report, was
6,2571. 3s. 9d. independent of all securities, and the
moneys which might be recovered from Brazil. The
Directors in conclusion solicited a continuance of
the confidence of the Shareholders until the next
half yearly meeting in June, when they hoped to give a
more encouraging amount of the Company's affairs.
A supplementary Report, consisting of a recent, com-
munication from the new agents, Messrs. Beevor and
Co., in which it was stated that great dissatisfaction
prevailed amongst the Brazilian Shareholders occasioned
by the false impressions made upon them, by the im-
perfect information, and great dereliction of duty on
part of the late Superintendent and a person indi-
cated in the Report only by a blank. Measures
been taken, however, to remove all misapprehension,
and a new charter, of an advantageous, character had
been obtained from the Brazilian Government.
On the motion of Mr. KEMP, seconded by Mr. Hor-
ning, the Report and Supplement were unanimously
adopted.
A PROPRIETOR inquired when would the Chancery
suit come on for hearing ?
The CHAIRMAN said it stood 24th in the list, and was
likely to come on next term.
Another PROPRIETOR asked was there any hope of
an arrangement being come to?
Mr. Fox (solicitor for Mr. Farmer) said, that the
defendants would come to no compromise.—(A laugh.)
The suit was altogether a paper suit.
Several Proprietors—We shall see that.—( Hear.)
Mr. Cox said that there was no ground whatever
for bringing a suit in Chancery against the late Direc-
tors, on the pretence that the vessels purchased for the
Company were unfit for the waters of Brazil.—(Oh.)
Mr. STURTZ (of Brazil) said that he could bear tes-
timony to the fact that they were unfit.
Mr. KEMP said that there could be no doubt what-
ever that the late Directors had n.ismanaged.—( Hear.)
He did not think for a moment that they did so inten-
tionally. No man would accuse them of that. They
were men of too great respectability. But they had
mismanaged, and the Shareholders were the sufferers.
Mr. SAUNDERSON (a Director) said he was surprised
that the Solicitor for one of the defendants should say
that the suit was a " paper suit," whereas the late
Directors had proposed a compromise of 6001.—( Hear.)
Why they had gone back from that offer the gentlemen
knew best themselves.—( Hear.)
Mr. FARMER said that he was the defendant who
refused to accede to any compromise, because he had
not in any way departed from his strict duty.—(Hear.)
After some irregular conversation, and the usual
thanks to the Chairman, &c., the meeting separated.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in
the Metropolis, shooing the Number of Deaths from all Causes
Registered in the week ending Dec. y 5, 1841." The Table is
issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:—

Weekly
Total. Average
1b39-9.40
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases l4l 204
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses l2B 151
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the Ilea-t and Blood-vessels 2O 18
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
Organs of Digestion 4B 60
Diseases of the Kidiuys, &e
Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c 2 1
Diseases of Uncertain. Seat
t_rd Age, or Natural Decay 6B 71
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 19 25
Causes not specified
Deaths from all causes...
Average Weekly Deaths..

CAUSES OF DEATH.

926
Average Population Deaths
Weekly enu. in
Deaths merated the
I:3e-9-41 lbil. Ncek.

Neat Districts--Kensington, Saint
George (liatinver;square ), West-
minster, St. Martin in the Fields,
St. James
North Districts--St. Mary-le,-bone
St. PancraF, Islington, Hackney 163 365,660 139
Central Districts—St. Giles and St.
George, Strand, Holborn, Clerk-
enwell, St. Luke, East London,
West London, City of London ... 190 373,806 139
East Districts— Shoreditcb, Bethnal
Green, Whitechapel, St. George
in the East, Stepney, Poplar 2ll 392,49; 193
South Districts—St Saviour, St
Olave, Bermond.ey, St. George,
Southwark, New ington,Lambeth,
Cumber well., Rotlierhithe, Green-
wich ... 223 438,060 223

Total 926 1,870,727

It is stated that under the term Metropolis are comprised the
32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of Lou.
don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties of
Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Mortality--
and the parishes of St. Marylebone, St. Pancras, Kensington,
Fulham, Hammersmith( Chapelry), St. Luke (Ch elsea), Pad-
dington, St. Mary (Stoke Newington), St. Leonard (Brom
ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camberwell, Greenwich, St. Nicholas
and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as
'inrhleB3wie,ekly"
enumerated
al;esr9a4g,eB9ofo;r 1483nd8,in1.131u3n9e, laB4ndliBw4oas,
was obtained by dividing the deaths in the three years by 156.
TEMPEiLATURE IN THE WEEKS ENDING
Dec. IS. Dec. 25.
53° 50°'
31 30
43 37
30, 1841.

Highest

Lowest

Daily Mean .........
General ttegister Orrice, Dec.

STATUE AT ROUEN TO GERICAUD TilE
PAINTER.—, statue to the'memory of the painter Geri-
caud, has just been opened to public inspection at Rouen.
Gerinud had no European celebrity, but he had great
local fame ; and his principal work, " The Shipwreck of
the Medusa," was much admired at Paris. The monu-
ment, which has been erected in the Cimetiere de l'Est,
and is constructed of the purest white marble, is one of
the simplest in that croire locality, but its effect is de-
scribed as admirable. It is due to the chisel of M. Etex.
The deceased painter is represented in a meditative re-
cumbent posture, holding his palette and pencils. Upon
ando (in
was o rbeo
rpnr ot:.nt irteonutel
Ic7o7ulr.s e)Otnh at
ht
the pedestal are engraved the names of all the subscribers
is
eolfatteiri ea
painter,faces
of
the pedestal figure scenes taken from the artist's chief
works, and on the principal front a bas-relief in bronze
of the Naufrauge. This commemoration of " art by
art" exhibits a peculiar fitness ; it is a potent education
Of the popular eye ; and confers at once an advantage on
the living and an honour on the dead. • - •