The Sun. — 1844-07-13 (London, England)

MACKEREL FISHERY.--Upwards of 100,000 mackerel have been landed on the Brighton beach since last Friday, which realised from lls. to 18s. per hundred, and were retailed in the streets at six to eight a shilling. The fish market at Brighton has been completely glutted with those dainties of the deep during the last fortnight. At the fifth annual meeting of the Shareholders of the Union Bank of London, held on Wednesday, a dividend of 5 per cent. was declared (free of income-tax) on the paid-up capital of the Company. The business of the Bank is satis • factorily progressing, the increase on current and deposit accounts having been more than 60 per cent. respectively, cornpared with the state of affairs last year. The result of the operations for the year, after paying all charges of management, disbursing dividends„and appropriating 500/ as usual in reduction of preliminary expenses, has enabled the Directors to add 3,468/, to the reserved fund, which is thus in. creased to 12,000/., invested in Government securities, besides leaving a surplus of unappropriated profit of 7,000/. It appears the Directors have not considered it necessary to make any alteration in the rate of interest allowed to their customers on current accounts, notwithstanding the low value of money, because they are pi' opinion that the permanent interests of the Shareholders will be best consulted by a strict adherence to those principles on which the Bank was founded, and which has secured for it so much public confidence. The agency business of the Bank is stated to have most materially increased, and, under the new Government Ineaaare for the regulation of banking, it is expected this branch will further improve.— Times. SUICIDE AT ItICHWIND.---On Tuesday morning, between ten and eleven o'clock, a tradesman of Richmond and his wife were crossing the Twickenham meadows when they heard a splash, in the river, as if some person had junipeci lip the water. The sound came from the Surrey side, and apparentiy near to the Dake of Buccleuch's mansion. Whilst crossing the bridge the parties Wolfed about, but could see no person, either on the bank or in the water. They then proceeded to the police station, and stated the shove facts, when police-constable Hunt. 207 V, was disatched to the spot. Drags were obtained from the White Cross Tiwepni and used by some bargemen, who, after the lapse of a quarter Of an 1104 r, recovered the body of a young woman. The deceased was taken ta the White Cross Tavern, -ancillr, White, a surgeon, was sent for, but that gentleman, on hie arrival, declared life to have been extinct some time. The deceased was recognised as Elizabeth Holley, a single woman, twenty years of age, and obtaining her livelihood by shoe binding. She had been repeatedly heard to declare that she would drown herself. The body still lies at the White (kilo Tavern to await an, inquest. CoIiISEGRATIQZT pf NNW CHURCH AT TONInuneF.—On Tuesday morning the linrd Biehop of Rochester consecrated a new church at lliidenbrough, a hamlet of Tunbridge, in the presence of a large number of clergymen and gentlemen, amongst whom were the Hon. and Rev. Sir Charles Hardinge, Bart., vicar of Tunbridge i the Hon. and .Rev. F. T. Noel, vicar of Teston, near Maidstone ; the Rev. 4, podd, rector of Rushurst ; Rev. A. C. Payler, rector of chicldingstpue ; Rev. T. Curteis, rector of Sevenpaks ; ReV. N, Harward, vicar' of deal ; Rev. G. Woodgate, vicar of Pambury I ReV, *UT& Polhill, Arglest Iligtenshaw, Her" 1-it. May, Itionevponqy, and liacitoW i Colonel AusArthur Vott, Esq., J. Lucas, Esq. The Ain, C. Dawson, church is dedicatedito St. ;...17. the Evangelist. - inquiry which