The Sun. — 1848-01-19 (London, England)

KATHA. A general meeting of Krltharice Docks was he! house, Tower-hill, for the dend for the half-year et last.  Mr. Thomas Tooke, th, presided. The SECRETARY read tl meeting. The CHARMAN observed and expenditure of the cr the 31st'December last, lit ance with the provisions cl sible to the proprietors days. From these it balance brought forward was 88,5691. 75., and tha, ward on the Ist of the pl 19 s. 3d., showing a sl earnings of the company during the year 1846, 2: amounted to 124,2701„ of the company of 105, earnings during the last the expenses 146,2681.; It the company of 113,736/., in the nett earnings of 18, of the year 1846. The a, a diminution of 5,3141.  last year in the charge foi debt, 353,5001. of whicl guished by the measure which sum of 5,3141., add, stituted an amount of 79. for the past year ; but 4, computed on the increl amounted to 1,700,6871. tion of such of the prop?  the last January meetin announced, " That unless increase in the earnings o (then) current year, they any further encroachmen consider themselves as ha, of proposing at the next a reduction in the divi, meeting a declaration of dentally made, in ens,* proprietor. Notwithstani tation of business and  ings during the past y( which exceeded by several earnings during any one the docks, the net earnin short of the usual divid( for were satisfied of the the determination, which last, not to encroach furth, were then prepared to re( in the rate of dividend as replacing, from time to tii taken from the rest. (of wh, have had the benefit in till further, of making some which might be expected rangement in the mercant the country, the injurious especially felt by the tract quently in a degree, by th( with all other establishmen mercial and shipping int these circumstances, the the proprietors to declare year ended the 31st of a cent., the income-tax to be It would, however, be prietors, to find frOm  business transacted in the year, evidence of the attention which have been ment to the interests of the submit a resolution, for de( posed, and expressed his proprietors the fullest info] the company • • ight br several questi, a• gat( creased rn*h y the large rice, which required more the light and more valuabl  Mr-. SMITH was satisfied docks, but thought the di duced. He should move selves should pay the i: would be a vain hope to e:  aken off by the lGovern ncreased.  The CHAIRMAN said t paid free of income-tax, a, floating capital of the corn visable to trench upon, be( in the ensuing year were chance of increased acti interesq The dividend was the 7 thanks had been voted to the meeting adjourned.  ROBBERY AN MURDER A'  At the county magisti Monday, Henry Bartlett respective ages of 30 and Rev. G. Davies and J. Sm robbery, under most rev()) prisoners are the sons-in-ly landlord of the Lord street. Shortly after ele. Tuesday last, the house bt prisoners went from the tal Storey was sitting alone-1 prisoners, having left her in consequence, as she stat sons towards her. The gas Storey lit two candles, art(' secured the doors, return( the door on the inside, di told them to go to bed a pound in the mernin sisted in their demand, two pounds that night, wh, The younger one left the returned armed with a menced a most brutal ass; him several heavy blows of then rifled his pockets of , silver, together with a sil the house having been aro hastened, down stairs to when the prisoners, in th one of the women down , off at the back part of surgeon, was called to a. that he found him with fi right side of the head, on, inches long, and penet' skull. He also found swellings on the left sii eye much bruised and n, finger on the left hand bi made no defence, were fl the assizes.