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numerous constituents, so jus!ly complains. Attach ments are of a twofold character—first, the ordinary attachment of goods and chattels, the property of the alleged debtor ; secondly, what is termed the foreign attachment, where proceedings are taken to seize upon the goods, moneys, or credits of the debtor in the hands of a third party, who is brought into Court on the allegation that he has property in his hands be longing to, or is himself indebted to the real de fendant, which claim it is sought to transfer to the claimant. In the first i ns t ance an a ffid av it i s s worn, either by t_hepl aintiff hi mse lf or some person on hi s b e half, be fore the Lord Mayor or Recorder, stating that the cause or causes of action, and that the debt was within the jurisdiction of the Court, or (where the amount claimed is under 201.) that one of the defendants resides withal the jurisdiction, an 1 that there is reason to fear that the claim is in danger of being lost unless an attachment be granted against the goods; of the defendant. It will he noticed that even the poor security afforded by the plaintiff being required to swear personally to the validity of his cl aim is 'wanting. The affidavit of any person who Professes to be personally acquainted with the cir cumstances of the case, and to speak to the facts of h is own knowledge, is sufficient ; the process there upon issues, and the stock in trade or goods of the defendant are forthwith seized by the Marshal of the Court, without any notice whatever, and without his being allowed an opportunity of averting an act so injurious to his character and cr edit —perhaps occasioning his utter ruin. If bail be not given within twenty-four hours in double the amount of the alleged debt, the goods are removed from the premises where they were taken to the Marshal's stores, who is entitled to certain fees for Storeage, &c. The bail to be given is not analogous to that required when arrest on mesne process was sanctioned. It is not merely for the appearance of the defendant, and for his being forthcoming to abide the judgment of the Court, which might P e rhaps easily be obtained, but it provides for the full payment by the sureties of such sums as alaY be decreed to the plaintiff, including the costs of !_he suit. It may easily be conceived how difficult it for the small trader (and such persons are gene rally the victims of these oppressive and harassing P r oceedings) to procure two persons resident within the borough, able and willing to become security for the full satisfaction of the debt, within so short a time. ~4 18 mere fact of the seizure . induc es former "'lends to stand aloof, and if anything should be due to themselves to adopt immediate proceedings to obtain payment thereof. A removal, there fore, generally takes place. A public exposure is the inevitable consequence. The credit of the un fortunate sufferer is wholly blasted, he can no longer . ea rry on business as he had previously been accus tomed, and his prospects in life are irretrievably ru ined by th e undue facilities afforded to some per- Sonal th enemy or rival in trade who may choose to p ut r oppressive law into operation. The g oods so removed -perhaps of a fragile description—are also materially three deteriorated in value. If, as we are told, removals are as bad as one fire, it may readily be conceived what damage will be inflicted by the carele ss hand s of the Marshal's bailiffs and assistants in bringing the goods to the stores and re turning them, if the defendant should be so for tunate as to procure the neces sar y bail. 1 " .f bail be not given within twenty-four days after seizure, the goods are sold by the Marshal's auctioneer, and the proceeds, after deducting fees of !s• in the pound upon any sum under 1001., and 6d. in the pound on all above that amount, the cost of atoreage, removal, advertisements, and a variety of other demands, are lodged in court to abide the event of the suit. The proceedings under a foreign attachment are of a very circuitous and expensive character. Want of space unfortunately prevents us from detailing the vex atious course adopted—a course equally injurious and oppressive to the alleged debtor and to the garnishee, z. e., the third party who is asserted to have property in his hands belonging to the real defendant, or to be indebted to him in any amount. In many instances the process is resorted to by a party in collusion with the debtor to coerce payment of a fictitious claim against the garnishee, which it may be supposed he will rather settle than undergo the annoyance, ex posure, and expence of a trial in the Borough Court, a tribunal not very celebrated for the soundness or legality of its decisions. This then is the system which Mr. REYNOLDS, with the full consent and approbation, indeed at the express desire, of the commercial community, wishes to abolish. Every resident in the Irish metropolis, or in any of the various boroughs throughout the Country subjected to a similar jurisdiction, is mate rially interested in the speedy abatement of so in tolerable a nuisance. The English manufacturers are so equally. The goo d s w hi c h th e y sell upon credit a person believed to be respectable and solvent ray be s wep t awa y the very day of their arrival Y a collusive juggle between the purchaser a nd Some friend, or relative, who can obtain a third t e a r s°n to swear an affidavit of debt, which can easily 7 effected, when there is an absolute certainty that judgment will be suffered by default, or at least that no e ffectual resistance will be offered to the recovery of t he fictitiou s d e mand. Why then should any diffi culty suffered to prevail? Why should these ad• mitt " be There evils b e tolerated for a single moment ? are, it appears, three functionaries who realisere _ consid era bl e profits from these transactions The n e Marshal and his two bailiffs have, it appears, held their offices for a considerable Period, and the y claim compensation for the losses they will undoubtedly sustain if the process of aat tachmentt be altogether abolished. However oppres ve the p ract i ce, or o bj ec ti ona bl e th e p rocee di ngs , they are not in fault ; they were public officers a ppointed to execute what (however faulty) was most u nquestionably the law of the land ; and their offices being i nva ri a bly held for life, or during good behaviour, they had reasonable grounds to suppose that no change would be made that would involve them in comparative poverty and destitution without some provision being Made for their losses. The amount involved does not, we believe, exceed some 5001. or 600/. a year at the outside ; but by whom should these annuities be payable ? The Chancellor of the Exchequer objects to any alteration that may possibly occasion a charge upon the Consolidated Fund. He acknowledges the importance of the measure, the vast benefits to be derived from its adoption to her MAJESTY'S subjects generally, to those tax-payers by whom the national 7 'txchequer is replenished ; but he refuses compensation because the parties claiming it are the servants of the Dublin Corporation, and he declares that most of it Should (if not all) bepaid from the municipal funds. The Corporation, on the contrary, declare that their funds Will not be in any degree benefited by the alteration ; th at it is the public generally who will reap the ad- Z a tage, and who should consequently pay for it. ,7 e y also declare that the claimants were not ap rinted by th em ; that they were le g acies (daninoue -4e reclitates) bequeathed by their predecessors of the unreform e d Corporation, and they posit ivel y and dis tinctly,to and as we think very correct l y , refuse the Obstinacy saddled with any new liability. Owin g to Obstina ey of Sir CHARLES WooD, the abomina tions te Petuatd, which we have above referred are to b e per on three or grievous injustice is to be perpetrat ed person s w h o are to be stripped of their situ a ti ons hundred s without any equivalent lest some few per annum, might be charged on the public Purse f or l ne few remaining days of tae.se old men's N o r d we are as anxious for every just economy as Sir CHARLES WOOD himself. We would as strongly object to the perpetration of a job as any of the Ministers ; but England is not yet so bankrupt m res ources, that a gross injusti ce s h ou ld b e perpe tuated to sa ve a few paltry hundreds per annum. Co mpensation should b e g i ven t o t h e M ars h a l an d b ailiffs, and the Consolidated Fund is the only source from which that compensation is properly payable. 80 many difficulties, such economical scruples, would no t be interposed if the claimants were some titled aluemrists or hereditary pensioners with Parliamen tary influence to sustain their demands for annual thousands; but unfortunately, in the present instance, t hey are men without rank or influence, who can only r ely upon the justice and equity of their cases, and the smallness of the amounts required, and of course t hey are to be treated with supercilious contumely. Mr. REYNOLDS, himself, suggested a mode by Which the matter might be equitably and fairly ar- THE SUN., LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING. MAY 24, ranged. He proposed that certain fees should be levied in the proceedings, that might be substituted for the old attachment, out of which not only the 5001. a year to these parties, but even the 1,5001. a year to the Recorder (now payable by Government), might be provided for. We have not yet heard whether this straightforward and reasonable proposition will be acceded to by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It ought to be so at least, and if the anticipations of the Honourable Member for Dublin, as to the pro• bable amount of the fund be realised, all parties will be satisfied, and the removal of the Recorder's salary from the national Exchequer will convince the Minister of Finance that, in public as well as in private mat ters, " Honesty will ever be the best policy." THE 1 ENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The debate on the Russian invasion of Hungary was not brought to a conclusion on Tuesday. An attempt to give the question the go-by by moving the order of the day proved unsuccessful, it having been rejected by a majority of 459 to 53. The dis cussion was to have been resumed yesterday, and it was considered probable that the amendment to M. JOLY'S resolution, which was proposed by General CAVAIGNAC, would be adopted. This amendment is somewhat less violent than the resolution, yet still it cannot but be considered as a warning to the Reactionary Powers, inasmuch as it calls upon the Government to adopt the measures necessary for the energetic protection of the country. The difference, however, is of small importance, 23 is justly observed by the National:— " We care not what form of amendment be accepted, provided it expresses this—that the French Republic accepts the challenge thrown down by absolutism, and that it be sgnified to Austria and to Russia that the Republic will appeal to the sword if the Russians do not at once evacuate Hungary, and if the Austrians remain a day longer before Venice, or in the Roman States or Tuscany. • _ _ And the amendment of General CAVAIGNAC certainly goes to this extent. Indeed it is evident, from the manifesto of the Emperor of UUSSIA, that France has no choice left but to become, as Austria has be come, a Russian province, or to drive back the bar baric armies of the CZAR to their native wiids. The Messager du Midi publishes a long account of an emeute which took place at Montpellier on Satur day, in consequence of the refusal of the Prefect to communicate to the people the contents of certain telegraphic dispatches which had been received from Lyons and Marseilles. The people attempted to break into the Prefecture, but they were dispersed by the military, and tranquillity was soon afterwards , re stored. Saveral arrests have taken place. Count LADISLAUS TELEX', the Envoy from Hun gary, has addressed to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs a letter informing him that he has received from his Government an official order to make known to the Government of the Republic the act of the Hungarian Assembly, by which the House of Haps burg• Loraine is deprived of the throne of Hungary, which is declared a free and independent European Power. . _ _ Since the above was written we have received the Paris papers of yesterday evening. The debate on the amendment of General Ca- VAIGNAC to the resolution on the Russian question was brought to a conclusion in the early part of the sitting of the Assembly yesterday, by the adoption of General CAVAIGNAC'S proposition by a majority of 436 to 184 ; an addition to it proposed by MM. JOLT and BASTIDE, to the following effect—" To take measures necessary to preserve the independence and the liberty of nations "—having been previously rejected by a majority of 346 to 269. The following is the text of General CAVAIGNAC'S motion, as finally adopted :—" The National As sembly calls the serious attention of the Government to the events and the movements of troops which are taking place in Europe; and, pre-occupied by th e danger of that state of things, as well for the welfare of liberty as for the interior and exterior interests of the Republic, it recommends to the Government to take the measures necessary to protect them energeti- cally, and passes to the order of the day." The Ministerial crisis still continues. It is said that the DuraußE and PASSY modification has failed, and that it is probable BUGEAUD will be the new President of the Council. PARIS BOURSE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23. TunEE O'CLOCK.—The debate of yesterday has had a depressing effect on the Bourse to-day, but the Funds improved at the latter part of the day, on its being as certained that the majority of the Assembly was in favour of the Government. Exchange on London, (30 days), 25 52i ; ditto (90 days), 25 40. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. MAY 23. Boulogne and Amiens, 7 ex coupons—Northern of France, 94—Orleans and Bordeaux, 3—Paris and Orleans, 29% Faris and Rouen, 19 1 / 2 —Paris and Strasbourg, 4%. SPA IN: Madrid journals of the 18th have arrived. Great preparations were making at Barcelona to give a triumphal reception to General CONCHA. MADRID BOLSA, MAY ] B. Three per Cents., 251 ; Five per Cents. 10a, both paper. Exchange on London, 50 40. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. The Emperor of AUSTRIA left Vienna on the 16th for Oilmutz. The New Gazette of Oder announces that Buda has been taken by the Hungarians by assault. The same journal states that DEMBINSKI is at the head of 90,000 men, between Eperies, Bartfeld, and Podolinez. The Russians, with 70,000, were near Jordanoff, within two days march of DEMBINSKI'S position. The object of DEMBINSKI is to raise Moravia, Silesia, and Gallicia, so as to carry the war into Poland, and the Austrian accounts from Presburg of the 16th state that a battle between DEMBINSKI and the Russians appeared imminent. This Austrian communication from Presburg seems to confirm in some measure the rumour which was circulated at Frankfort on the 17th, that the Magyars had en tirely defeated the Russians, and forced them to fall back upon Cracow. Under the head of Frankfort-on-the-Maine, May 17, the Gazette of Carlsruhe says : M. de Rothschild bas received the following:— The Hungarians have entirely defeated the Russians, and have forced them to fall back upon Cracow. This is the general report. The revolution will be thus trans ported into Poland." The news of the defeat of the Russians by BEM in the passes of Rothenthum is fully confirmed. The Kosling, a Pesth journal, says that the Russians lost 8,000 men killed in the affair. The Prague Gazette publishes a letter, dated Hra ditch, May 13, which says— " Yesterday afternoon a Russian battalion arrived here by railway, another came in this morning; so that in the course of ta•o days at the farthest an auxiliary corps of 20,000 men will be concentrated at nradisch and its environs. The commandant of the corps, General Panintin, arrived here yesterday." BADEN. On the 21st the Provisional Government at Carls rube addressed a proclamation to the German people and to the troops, inviting them to protect the Na tional Assembly of Frankfort against any armed force that may attempt to dissolve them. The Pro visional Government has also declared that it will not suffer the Ministers of the Grand Duke, who have fled with him into France, to administer the affairs of the country. ITALY. It was said that General 1 OU DINOT was to advance against Rome on the 14tha .s at the head of 6,000 m en , h and that he had disposed troops en echellon from Civita Vecchia to support his i attack. On the sa me day the regiment of Roselland several other co rn . panies from Perugia marched into Rome for the defence of the city. The French were endeavouring' if r p e ossible, to form a junction with the Neapolitans , previously to commencing the attack. The Romans, says Opinione of Turin, coolly await them to give the them a second lesson. The same journal states that the POPE has protested against the French and Spanish intervention in a letter addressed to Father VENTURA. England is stated to have offered her mediation through the medium of the American Consul. A Neapolitan column is in the Marches on the side of the Abruzzi. The Contemporanco of the 13th instant has corre spondence from Ancona of the 9th, from which it appears the inhabitants of that city are prepared to make a desperate resistance. Tbey had warned off two French vessels of war, threatening to fire on them, on which the French Consul lowered the French flag, and with his family quitted the place. The Consuls of Naples, Austria, and Spain were in vited to follow his example. The Duke of PARMA entered Piacenza on the evening of the 16th instant, and was but coolly welcomed. Ile set out for Parma the following morning. Official news of the surrender of Bologna was re ceived at Milan on the 18th, from the head•quarters of Borgo Panole. On the 15th at noon a general bombardment commenced, and in about half an hour flags of truce were displayed, and shortly after a depu tation arrived at the Austrian head-quarters to request a cessation of hostilities. A truce was granted till five the following evening, at which time another deputation came and announced the surrender of the town, and a capitulation was forthwith agreed on, and in accordance with its conditions the Austrians took possession of the gates of Castiglione, S. Felice, and Galliera, the barricades were removed, and the guns deposited in the Apostolic Palace, and a disarmament of the Bolognese effected. General RADETZKY im mediately sent the keys of the city to the POPE, at Gaeta. The Austrians were defeated by the Venetians at Malghera on the 7th. The Venetians made a sortie, and drove the Austrians hack to the entrenchments at the same time destroying a considerable portion of their works. The Austrians lost 300 men in this affair. HONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS: CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was quiet, and prices remained much the same as on Friday last. The sales were estimated at from 4,000 to 5,000 bales, 500 of which were for export.— Railway Shares were quite inactive, and very little business was transacted. The six weeks' average price of grain is returned at 455. 3d. per cuarter. The Continental advices have again been the general theme of comment, and are unfavourably construed. Indeed the impression becomes almost daily stronger. that some strong coup d'etat will be attempted in France with the view of crushing the war party, or other wise, that a mischievous quarrel will arise. All seems chaotic at present, and the sensitiveness of the Money Market at Paris is likely to endure until some settlement of pending difficulties can be reasonably foretold. The French Funds lost yesterday part of their previously improved tone, but rallied a little after the Bourse, according to what is stated in private letters that have been shol‘n to us. In the Amsterdam Bourse on Tuesday there was great excitement, owing to the news from Paris, and large sales of French rentes being pressed; the Three per Cents. declined 46k, nor did they rally subsequently. Dutch Stock suffered likewise, being 47 for the Two-and-u-Half per Cents. Spanish were most depressed among the foreign investments. _ _ It is stated in the continental papers that England, France, and Russia have acquiesced in the plan of a federal govern vernment for Germany, because such does not violate any existing treaties. The advices by the overland mail report very favourably upon the markets in our Eastern possessions, and in most articles of British manufacture a fair business was doing at Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras. The China market report is not altogether satisfactory. There had been a moderate business done a short time pre viously, but a suspension of dealings occurred, owing to the uncertainty about the opening of the gates. The Committee of Spanish American bondholders have re ceived another communication from Messrs. Manning and Mackintosh, in which the great probability of a further appropriation by Congress of the United States indem nity money towards the payment of a dividend is reiterated, with a hope that the Mexican Government will make certain concessions in respect to the cotton licenses that will render them more saleable. It is like wise intimated that we may soon expect a further remittance from the tobacco duties. At the meeting of lonian Bank shareholders held to-day a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum was declared, with an addition to the reserve fund. The English Stock Market opened firmly upon the in telligence from India of the entire subjugation of the Pun jaub ; but the Continental news by the second delivery has since had an effect. Consols have been 91% 1 4, and are now 91 to %. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. realised 90% to 3 / 4 . Bank Stock is worth 193% to 195. Exchequer-bias hare been 475., and India Bonds 68s. to 71s. premium. In the Foreign Market there is not much doing Spanish Five per Cents. are 16 to 1 4, and the Three per Cents. 32 1 4 to % ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 48%. Mexican are steady at 30% 3 4, and Equador are 3%. The Share Market is dull, and prices rule heavier for Cale donian, South-Eastern, and Brighton. The French lines are cheaper again. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 195 193% 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Anns ......... New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anus. ........ Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 9-1 G India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 Ditto under 1.0001 Consols for Account ......... ...... 91% 1 4 91 91% Exchequer Bills. 1 1 ,4 d. 2d. March. June. 1,0001. 5001 — 47 p Small — 47 44 p Ditto Advertised, ...... .. .. -- 43 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Equador Bonds 3% Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent., Coupons 30% 5 / 4 Ditto Ex Coupons Ditto Account Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,1840 Spanish Dsipsiuvi t:docheNadn2s ß ihl Bonds, . 0 n ny d ßet s r.ht , Cel 3 Lea p nWb e toA. r c C el e 2 f au t y . Aa . üb. Guild payable e . 53 . i .. 32 A L : 3 4: 2 8: 5 7 1 : 1 4 . Ditto for the Account B ' TSINE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. 3irmingham & OxfordJunct , PAID. PEA SHARE. calls duly pd, or with guar.: 20 Buckinghamshire..• ......... 161.4 s l% dis.... to Caledonian Ditto, New 10/. Preference 10 11% 1 4 xin to Chester and H01yhead......... 50 ..... 14 3 4...... to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 37% 5 14 to Eastern Counties Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 Edinburgh and Glasgow Great Northern , ;reat Western 100 [lull and Selby Ditto, Half shares .. ... ... 25 ...-. 47 1 4 to Lancashire and Yorkshire... 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths .—....... 6 1 4 ... . 4 , 4 to Ditto. Thirds Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10 L Aid., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 5 London and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d... 9% London & North Western.....loo 127% to Do., New Quarters Manch. Buxton, & Matlock 4% 1 ...... to Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 l2l 123% to 124 North British .. .. ... Ditto Half Shares-- ..... 12% 5%...... to North Staff ordshire... .. ...... 17% 12% % ... to Scottish Central South Eastern 33% . ... 2014 ..... to Ditto, Registered No. 4 lO ... .. 6%...... to Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 York and North Midland .. 50 ... .. 30 Ditto, Preference Ditto East and West Riding Extension 25 ...... 14% %... to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 2O .. 7 ex.c...... to -- Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) ... Northern of France Paris and Rouen Paris & Strasbourg .......... 10 Rouen and Havre MINES Australian..... . ...... ... 3 Barrossa Range... LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 24.—Wind at noon W.N.W., moderate breeze, and fine clear weather. BELFAST, MAY 22.—The Zephyr, Liverpool for Memel, went on shore on the 17th inst. near the North and South Light, but got off and put into Donaghadee for examination, making water, and arrived here this morning to discharge and repair. SUNDERLAND, MAY 22.—Sid. Sir Charles Napier, Cuba. HARI LEPOOL, MAY 23.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Edward Thorne, Coquimbo. SHIELDS, MAY 23.—Wind W.S.W.—SId. Lydia, Quebec. DEAL, MAY 23.—Wind W.S.W. to N.E.—Arrd. Ann Eliza, Cook, Porto Rico; John Baring barque, Jamaica. Arrd. from the River, 22d, Iron Queen. Arrd. from the River and sailed, Alice, Palmer, Jamaica; Mar quis of Hastings, Sabestoo, River St. Lawrence. Sld. 23d, Euphrates, St. Helena; Blanche, Jamaica. IjOVO . ll, MAY 23.—Wind Nagade, Arft, Havannah for Hamburgh; Harmonic, Hilners, Cardiff for Bremen, in consequence .of the blockade. LIVERPOOL, MAY 23.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. 22d, Chieftain, Edwards, Calcutta; ilumayson, Findlay, Bombay; Mary Woods, Bartlett, Callao; Una, Cauzer, New Orleans. 23d, Albert, Murray, Buenos Ayres; Bombay, Moore, Demerara; John Tamworth, Young, St. Domingo; Douglas, Herbert, New Orleans; De borah, Norman, ditto; Atlas, Homan, New York; Va liant, Thompson, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sld. 22d, Courrier, Port Philip; Sporting Lass, Virginia; Salacia, New York; Susan Ann, Newfoundland. Off port, 23d, Independence, New Orleans. ROTHSAY, ISLE OF BUTE, MAY 22.—The Ann smack, Henderson, was wrecked at Bogney Point, 20th inst., crew saved. PENTLAND FRITH, MAY 20.—A small sloop, sup posed to be abandoned, or unmanageable, was seen drifting this day through the Pentland Frith to the westward. PENZANCE, MAY 22.—The Mary Jones, Parnell, from Buenos Ayres, in running in this morning, struck on the sunken rock of Low Sea, became leaky, and an chored in the roads; received assistance, but was forced to slip and run in, when she grounded near the pier head; with further assistance she was got into a berth alongside the pier, and would discharge; she is much damaged at the keel, besides other damage. HOLYHEAD, MAY 23.—The Felet Do Lima de Silva, Portuguese, from Liverpool, ran on shore last night, during thick weather, on the east side of the bay, but was assisted off this morning, and is now in our bar. hour, without much apparent damage. LOWESTOFT, MAY 23.—The Teresa, of Sunderland, Mitchison, ran upon the Newcome Sand this morning, but was assisted off after beating heavily for several hours, and brought into the roads without much damage. PLYMOUTH, MAY 23.—The Panama, hence to Port Philip, put back here this morning, with damage, hav ing been in contact, off the Deadmen, with the Mary, Jones, for Runcorn, which sank; crew saved by the Panama. YARMOUTH ROADS, MAY 22.—Arrd. Ceylon, Cape of Good Hope for Bremen. BRISTOL, MAY 23.—Wind W.N.W.—Memorandum: The Sarah, Jones, from Callao, has not arrivcd here as reported yesterday. MARKET NEWS.--(THIS DAY.) NEWGATZ AND LEADENRALL. These markets were again heavy to-day, at barely the late decline in the quotations. Beef, from 9 3 4d to 33 2d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s ld; Lamb, 45 8d to 5s 8d; Veal, 3s to 4s; ME and AT Pork MARKET, 3s to 4s peS.r Blbs, SOUTHALL, MAY 23.—Our market to-day was heavy for each kind of fat stock, and prices receded quite 2d per Bdas. Beef, from 31 to 3s 10:1 ; Mutton, 3s to 4s; • Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 81; Veal, 3s 4tl to 3s 101; and Poll:, 33,2(1 to 4s per Sibs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, MAY 23.—We had a very slow trade this morning, and the quwations were not support:J. Beef, from 2s 81 to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s to 4s; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d; Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 10d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 10d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 255; quarter old store Pigs, 16s to 20s; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 131 to 171 each. ' HAILSHADL MAY 23.—Very little business was trans acted in to-day'a market on the follawiug terms:—Beef from 3s 2d to 3s LOU ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s; Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 33 8d per Blbs. ARUNDEL, MAY 22.—We had a very slow trade this morning. In prices we have no material change to report:—Beef, from 3s to 3s 103; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s; Lamb, 58 2d to 6s; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 10.1 per Slbs. CHICHESTER, MAY 23.—The general demand was heavy, at barcly late rates. Beet, trom 3s to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s; Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal, 35 4,1 to 38 10d; aril Pork, 3s 4:1 to 38 81 per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 20s to 254; quarter-old Store Pigs, 18s to 21s; and Mitch Cows, 131 to 171 each. ILLLY ItIII.I2.K.ETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2l 10s to 4/ ; Clover ditto, 3/ 0; to 51 Os ; and Straw, 11 6s to 1/ 104 per load. Both II ty and Straw moved off slowly, at barely stationary prices. CUMBIT:dI,AND. Meadow Hay, 21 12i to 41 0; ; Clover ditto, 31 53 to 41 163; and Straw, 1/ 63 to 11 103 per load. A fair averne supply, and a sluggish demand. WitrrEctlAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 105 to 41 03 ; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 51 Os; and Straw, 1153 to 1/ 103 per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended May 17, 1849, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Enland and Wales per Imperial Quarter. I WHEAT. I BARLET. OATS. I RTE. I BEANS. I PEAS. PRICE .. I 4ts 9d 28s Od I 17s 8d I 25s 8d 30s 7d I 29s Ild DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. I aye. I BEANS. I PEAS. is lOd Is Od Is Od lOd Is Od is Od CHANCERY.—(Tais DAY.) Continued indisposition prevented the Lord Chancellor sitting in his court at Westminster to•daj. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) His Lordship the Master of the Rolls heard petitions ;o-day, none of which presented any feature of interest. VICE-CHANCELLO R e ( hearing of motions TIIS DAY.) (Before of ENGLAND.) sC HonourE VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS to day, but no cage calling for a special report came before C th p e A ro N cre C de E d the Court during the morning. (Before the Vice-Chancellor limouT BRUCE.) The case of Longhorn v. Smith, which came before his Honour upon further directions, occupied the Court the greater part of the morning. (Before the Vice Chancellor WIGRA M.) REYNELL V. SPRYE. The further arguments in this part heard cause occu pied his Honour the whole morning. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Martin Obuni, a respectably dressed young man, who described himself as an assistant to an artist in Bond street, was charged with damaging one of the benches in the Green Park. A park-keeper (No. 6) stated that he this morning saw the prisoner carving the letters of his name upon the bench, when he took him into custody. The prisoner said he did not know that he was doing anything wrong. Mr. HALL thought that the prisoner, who was twenty two years of age, had come to the years of discretion, and must know very well that it was as wrong to dis figure public as private property. The prisoner might just as well walk into a private house, and practice his art of wood-cutting on a gentleman's table. The Act of Parliament empowered him to inflict a penalty of 51.; but, taking into consideration that the prisoner's wages were only a guinea a week, he would only fine him 208., or send him to prison for ten days. MARLBRO'-STREET—( THIS DAY.) AN ABSURDITY IN THE LAW.--Captain Warriner, gentleman staying at the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-street, was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with having committed a nuisance against the shop door of a house in Jermyn-street. Bishop, 72 C, stated that this morning, about half past two o'clock, he saw the defendant committing a nuisance in the doorway of No. 132, Jermyn-street. As there bad been frequent complaints made by the pro prietor of the house, he took defendant into custody. De fendant was perfectly sober at the time. Mr. Clark, the occupant of the house in question, here hadstepped () f in e r e w s a o r d i p a t o n I d e r s a s b id the 1e ofl a t e that he nuisance was complained n determined itots waypu t a u s n to d p er it.thtoe sh l o n p t d b o i o s r, ins a ta n n d ce fr th o e m w th a e te n r ce ha t d hr m ou a g d h e the floor into the kitchen, the ceiling of which was com pletely saturated with the filthy fluid. He therefore trusted the worthy magistrate would inflict the highest penalty the law allowed. Mr. BINGHAM said it certainly was a very filthy nui sance, and if he had it in his own power, he would certainly inflict the highest penalty the law allowed him; but, unfortunately, the law only allowed him to deal with the case by fine, when the person charged was in liquor at the time of committing the. offence. It had been proved that the defendant was sober when caught in the act of committing the nuisance. - The proper re medy for the complainant to adopt, would be to sum tdhoeorchvya,ragse.totally mons the defendant to the County Court, for wilful I k al e nr s i ti u ildit s e t tls , toeehufeelyrdnacdrfeonaorli defendant dismiss m thes damage. hycee re varnished. wouldhi m a pay trifle fl f e o r t o a have le varnish ing of the door, he would forego any further proceed ings. _ Defendant readily agreed to this proposal, and the parties having thanked the magistrate, left the court. THE DERBY. In the " golden age" of the turf, when the old fashioned mode of travelling had not been superseded by railways, the journey to Ep som was, to t h e j ourna list, one of the most prolific subjects of the Derby-day, and its incidents, from " the Elephant" to the Downs, were productive of almost as much amusement as the race itself. Steam, however, has materially diminished this fruitful source of excitement, and we now rarely hear of broken limbs and panels, of drunken postilions, or extor tionate tollkeepers. The glories of the road have de parted, and the journey, with prudent, quiet-going people, is simply a case of getting into a railway carriage at London-bridge, out of it at Epsom, and on by the " bus," or a-foot to the Downs. We do not mean to say that the road is deserted; on the contrary, great numbers remain faithful to old predilections and cus toms, postmasters still hold out for and obtain high prices, and the innkeepers are astonished with an amount of patronage which, however unfavourably it may con trast with former times, affords some consolation for the almost total absence of business during the rest of the year. Still the falling off is so marked, that the ques tionable features which once made " the road" so cele brated will be looked for in vain. Even the gathering in front of " the Eagle," on the morning of the race, has fallen into disuse, the betting mee, to avoid the clamour and crush hich have invariably made the transaction of business at this time-honoured, but most particularly inconvenient, spot, so difficult, reserving their operations for the enclosure on the course. No one will deny that these changes are improvements, ' when it is borne in mind that whereas in bygone times, in order to avoid the crush at Ewell, and secure a good berth on the Downs, it was necessary to be stirring with the lark, one can now devote a considerable portion of the morning to business in town, and reach the scene of action long before the commencement of the races, at ene-fourth of the expense which the trip would cost by the road. The changes on the Downs are not less i m p o rtant —the ring on the hill is one of the " has beetle o f the ancient re gime, and pedestrians can now move about with little danger of being trodden under foot; the horses are sad dled in front of the stand, without interruption from the mob, are started without those Vexatious failures that have so often given the victory to animals which, on Ol t . h p e la fi te n ; al th s e tr r u ag le is , to n thei rview merits , fro m could the commencement have won a and the Grand Stand has becom e , what it always ought to have been, the centre alike of business and pleasure. To sum up, Epsom, from being on e o f the worst-con ducted meetings in the kingdom, is now nearly every thing which money, labour, and experience can make it. Under ordinary favourable circumstances the success of Epsom races has never been a matter of doubt; but inclemency of the we a th er; good we have this year seen the Metro p ol itan, m a a n n d a , g i e n m f e a n et t : b nearly all the spring meetings, prove the most co m pl ete fa u il t u f r r e o s m , not from fro e m xtra la o c r k din o a f ry sportor and so inauspiciously did the present meeting comm ence , that r a w n d day." Happily e had s t rong misgivings as to th e f ate o f the g our fears proved groundless, the morning broke favourably, and, saving that one or two heavy showers between eleven and twelve o'clock excited some apprehensions, more agreeable weather for the sport could not have been desired. The Grand Stand was thronged in all parts, and the assemblage, in the aggregate, was immense, but decidedly below the average in every respect. Most of the magnates of the turf were present, still it is not to be gainsayed, that in the item of "rank, beauty, and fashion," there was a marked falling off. Admitting this, however, there can be no doubt that the parties inter es t e d i n must i in a pe cuniarych their ke e ing u sense,pth popularityhave met w the t f h th e meetin g , o endeavours to meet the public taste fairly entitle them. And now for the Derby, the only event calling for any notice beyond the official return. As will be gathered from what we have already said, little or nothing was done in the town, but from the " offers" it was not difficult to make out that Nunnykirk was on the " go." This was more obvious on the course, and it will be seen that he closed at nearly double the odds at which he left off on Tuesday. This decline was partly attributable to a belief that he was short of work, and partly to a misunderstanding in the stable as to the jockeys. Chatterer also went out of favour. On the other hand, Tadmor and the Flying Dutchman were in immense force, and left off at 2 to 1 each. The race was fixed for half-past two, and by a few minutes after that time the horses, 26 in number, includ ing no less than six from John Scott's stable!—were conducted to the post, and started without a mistake. The result of the race will be a heavy blow to the " ring," scarcely a man, we should say, escapes. , Lord Eglinton and his friends, and the " public,' win all the money. The Carew Stakes came off about four o'clock. and the heats being run in quick time, the races were brought to a conclusion at an early hour. The Derby Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for three yrs oh]; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 21b; the second horse to receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes, and the winner to 'my 100 sovs. to wa rd s th e p o li ce regu l at i ons . Mile and a half. (237 subs.) Lord Eglinton's Flying Dutchman (Marlow) 1 Mr. Godwin's Hotspur (Whitehouse) 2 Colonel Peel's Tachnor (Nat) 3 Lord Clifden's Honeycomb (Robinson) 4 Lord Eglinton's Elthiron (Prince) 0 Mr. A. Nichol's Nunnykirk (Marlon) 0 'dr. Bowes's The Knout (F. Butler) 0 Sir C. Monk's Vanguard ..(J. Holmes) 0 Mr. 11. Hill's henry of Exeter (W.Boyce) 0 Lord Stanley's Uriel (Bumby) 0 Duke of Rutland's c out of Flambeau's dam...(Pearl) 0 Mr. Pedley's Old Dan Tucker (Templeman) 0 Mr. Watt's Chatterer Sir J. irawley's Vatican (Rogers) 0 Sir C. Cockrell's Tlaibalt (lf. Darling) 0 Mr. Gratwick's Landgrave (Kitchener) 0 Mr. Disney's Montague (W. Abdale) 0 Sir G. Heathoote's Companion (R. Sherwood) 0 Mr. Farrance's Tho Old Fox (Horns iv, jun.) 0 Mr. Ni c h o li' s W oo l w i ch (W. (haps) 0 Mr. B. Green's Westow (Winteringham) 0 Lord Exeter's Glenalvon (Bartholomew) 0 Mr. Burgess's The Crowner (out of Sou venance) (J. Sharp) 0 Mr. Campbell's Robert de Brus (II. Bell) 0 Lord Bateman's Goodwood (Sly) 0 Mr. Jaques's Chantrey (G. Simpson) 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst 'radmor —2 to I agst Flying Dutchman-6 to 1 agst Nunnykirk —lO to 1 agst Chat terer-20 to 1 agst Vatican-25 to 1 agst Honeycomb -25 to 1 ngst Elthiron-30 to 1 agst The Knout-30 to 1 agst Uriel-40 to 1 agst Old Dan Tucker-40 to t agst Robert de Brus-50 to 1 agst Hotspur-50 to 1 agst Montague. Lord Eglinton declared to win with the Flying Dutchman. Westow went in front immediately after starting, and made play at a moderate pace, followed by Chantrey, Tadmor, Vatican, Elthiron, Uriel, Henry of Exeter, and Nunnykirk, the Dutchman and Old Dan Tucker lying close up. This order was maintained for rather more than a quarter of a mile; Westow then dropped into the ruck, and Vatican assumed the command, Uriel, Elthiron, Hotspur, Tadmor, and Nunnykirk lying with him, im mediately in their wake coming Old Dan Tucker, the Duke of Rutland's colt, and the Flying Dutchman. On reaching the turn the front rank was thinned by the de feat of Elthiron and Nunnykirk, the leading horses from this point to the corner being Vatican, Uriel, Hotspur, and the two favourites. Vatican and Uriel were beaten before they got to the road, and the race was left to the Flying Dutchman, Hotspur, and Tadmor, the former being first, the half-bred horse at his side, and Tadmor third. Colonel Peel's horse was in difficulty half way up the distance, but Hotspur made a gallant fight of it, and was so nearly level with his opponent opposite the Stand that the issue appeared very doubtful; the Dutch man, however, ran the stoutest, and won by half a length. Tadmor struggled on to the end, and was not beaten more than a length from the winner. Honeycomb laid off in the early part of the race, but passed his horses one by one in the straight running, and obtained a bad fourth place. Uriel was fifth, and the Duke of Rutland's colt sixth. Chatterer never showed in front. The race was run in three minutes; twelve seconds slower than last year. The Carew Stakes of 5 sovs, each, with 30 added; three yrs old, 7st 101 b; four, Bst 1 llb; five, 9st 21b; six and aged, 9st 61b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 150 sous., if demanded, &c. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. C. Hornsby's Bokhara, aged... (Hornsby, jun.) 1 Colonel Peel's Taffrail, 4 yrs Mr. Drinkald's Resolution, 5 yrs 0 Mr. Waller's Pottinger, 5 yrs Mr. Formby's br m out of Guzman's dam, 4 yrs 0 Mr. Carew's Philosopher, 5 yrs ... ... 0 Mr. Dawson's St. Oswald, 5 yrs 0 Mr. Bull's Mogador, 5 yrs 0 Mr. Death's Plebeia, 3 yrs ... 0 Mr. S. L. Fox's Faith, 4 yrs ... 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst Philosopher and Taffrail, sto •1 agst Resolution, and 7 to 1 agst Bokhara. Bokhara made all the running, and, after a severe race, at the finish won by a head, Pottinger a gbod third. Run in 1 min. 22 sec. The Burgh Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added; three year olds, Bst 21b; four, Bst 11lb; five, 9st; six and aged, 9st 41b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 80 sovs., if demanded, Scc. Heats, half a mile. Mr. Burgess's Hind of the Forest, 4 yrs (J. Sharp) 1 1 Mr. J. Day's Colocynthus, 4 yrs ...(Wakefield) 7 2 Capt. Richard's Landrail, 4 yrs ... ... (Sly) 2 3 Sir C. Cockerell's Kennett, 3 yrs . (Brooks) 6 4 Mr. Price's Gabbier, 5 yrs... ... (W. Oates) 5 5 Mr. Greville's Paquita, 3 yrs... ...(Dockeray) 3dr Mr. Drinkald's Grief, 3 yrs ... (Rodney) 4dr First heat-2 to 1 each agst Grief and Landrail; won by half a length, Paquita a bad third. Second heat 7to 4 agst the Hind; won by two lengths. The winner was claimed. BETTING ON THE COURSE. THE OAKS. 11 to 2 agst Sister to Arkwright 11 to 2 agst Clarissa 6 to 1 agst Glauca 6 to 1 agst Woodlark 12 to 1 agst Imperatrix— taken 12 to 1 agst Escalade 14 to 1 agst Lady Superior. ST. LEGER. 2 to 1 agst Flying Dutchman Tbirb Mbition EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY.) -BY EXPRESS. The Epsom Four Years Old Stakes of 50 sm. each, &c. Mr. Roles Comet ... ... ... ... walked over The Durdans Stakes of 10 sous. each, &c. Sylvia ... ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 1 Paquita ..• ••• ••• ••• ••• 2 Miss Flower ... ••• ••• ••• 3 Won by a length. The Grand Stand Plate of 2001., &c. Swordplayer ... ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 1 Countess colt ... ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 2 Backbiter e•- , ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 3 Eagle's Plumo ... •• ••• ••• ..• ••• 4 Won by a length. LITERATURE. ELIZA COOK'S JOURNAL. We are glad to find that every successive number of this popular journal not only fulfils the anticipations we formed at its outset, but exhibits an improvement both in the diversity and excellence of the papers. In the third number, Eliza herself treats us to a delightful little lecture on "People who do not like Poetry," against which uninteresting class she has naturally, she tells us, a very strong prejudice. Her remarks on this subject are as truthful as they are excellent. People who do not like poetry are, however, to our thinking, more to be pitied than cen sured. They are themselves the greatest sufferers. There is a column in this journal devoted to "Dia mond Dust," which is of peculiar merit and interest. It is a collection of thoughts and maxims briefly expressed, but with that brevity which is the soul of wit. Peter Parley continues his " Lessons for Little Ones," and side by side with this article is a lesson for housewifes on the important subject of " Shirt buttons," the writer of which is evidently such a sufferer from his wife's carelessness in that particular that he has taken the pains to parody the "Mari ners of England," thus combining the sublime and the ridiculous in a very amusing, end it is to be hoped, beneficial manner : " Ye married men of England ! Each one whose wife will leave All buttonless, a thousand times, A collar or a sleeve," &c. An article on " Young Men's Mutual Improve ment Societies" bestows on those praiseworthy insti tutions a deserved eulogium, and another on "Clubs" treats those fruitful sources of domestic discord ' with a severity which we will not take upon ourselves to decide whether or not they merit. Silverpen's story, the " Now Crockery Shop," besides being in teresting in subject and delightful in point of style, is worthy of a commendation, inasmuch as it advo cates for the poor a share in these beauties of art hitherto considered (most erroneously) the exclusive property of the rich. "It is time to say," observes this author, " that Art is invested with a sublime prerogative when it can elevate the common round of daily life. Therefore, good Felix Summerly and thy disciples, beautify what thou canst for the people, and not only adorn the houses of the rich and high, but give beauty to poor places, and set it, as a holy thing, before us, about us, and around us." Heartily do we reiterate this aspiration. Through the eye the heart and mind are most powerfully instructed ; and why should the almost irresistible lessons taught by the Beautiful be denied to that large class which so much requires their elevating influence ? " A Dream of the Steadfast" contains a very beau tiful definition of love, and a picture of that " con stancy" which Coleridge has told us " lives in realms above," but which, according to the author of this pathetic little tale, is sometimes to be found on earth also. The variety of papers in Eliza Cook's Journal renders it impossible to analyse each individually. Besides those already mentioned, are articles on " Fools," " Rooks and Rookeries," " The Inside of an Omnibus," " Pride," a poem by Charles Swain, " May," &c., &c. Should the Journal continue as well as it has commenced (and judging from these earlier numbers it bids fair to do so), Eliza Cook will become a popular journalist, as well as a popular poetess. DEATH OF MISS EDGEWORTII.—DUBLIN, MAY 23. —lt is stated in Saunders's Noes Letter of this morning that an illustrious Irishwoman, Maria Edgeworth, is no more. She died after a few hours illness, at Edgewortha. town, on the morning of Monday. Up to a very recent period she had been in the possession of excellent spirits and health. WOODEN BREAD.—Dr. Percy does not specify dis tinctly the class of cases for which this now article of belly timber is suitable; but we should think it espe cially adapted to parties on board wages,—Punch. 1849. I NATIONAL BANK OF IRELAND. The foul to.-n;11 atinual meeting of the proprietors of this bank was hid yesterday, at one o'clock, at the offices, Old Broad-street; T. Lamle Murray, Esq., in the chair. The following directors were present:— T. Lamie Murray, Chairman ; John O'Connell, M.P. ; Maurice O'Connell, M.P. ; Anthony O'Flaherty, M.P. ; Robert Sutton, Augustus Vigne, Octavius Ominanney, J. B. Henshaw, James Reade, J. C. Ruding, and Christopher Fitz-Simon, Esqs. Among the shareholders we observed— Sir B. W. Wall, Captain Sir Burton Macnamara, the Rev. Horace G. Choliriondeley, the Rev. Dr. Magee, the Rev. Thomas Madge, Alderman Hackett, of Clonmel ; and J. L. Wheeler, Joseph Wheeler, W. L. Wheeler, E. Smithwick, of Kilkenny; Robert APMahon, of Limerick ; Edmund Power, Charles Rule, George Coxhead, john Pitman, Rowaud Ronald, A. K. Hutchison, E. Bedford, William Handley Peter Daly, Joh❑ Hardy, and John N. M'Kenna, The SECRETARY (N. S. King, Esq.) read the ad vertisement convening the meeting, and also the following REPORT Of the Directors of the National Bank of Ireland, made to the Proprietors at the Fourteenth Annual General Meeting, held at the Office of the Company, No, 13, Old Broad-street, London, on Wednesday, the 23d of May, 1349. " The Directors have the satisfaction of placing before the Proprietors the usual statowents of account for the past year. "In so doing they deem it useful to direct attention to a few of the leading circumstances which have in fluenced the progress of the establishment during that period, and which have induced the Directors to exer cise extreme caution in the employment of the resources of the Bank. " The crops were for the most part under the usual average, the potatoes were again seriously affected, while the prices of produce, including those of cattle and other live stock, had fallen below those realised in years of much greater abundance. " The pecuniary pressure caused by these circum stances on all classes, has been one of unusual severity. " Contemporary with this state of things as regards the agricultural resources of Ireland, commerce and credit have been seriously affected owing to the disturbances and consequent excitement which prevailed during a part of last year, unsettling public confidence, and in terfering injuriously with the usual operations of trade. "Under these difficulties and disadvantages it is not to be expected that large profits could be realised from prudent banking operations. " The Directors are, however, gratified in being enabled to state that, after paying the usual half-yearly dividends, amounting to 22,5001., and writing off all ascertained bad debts, there will remsin a surplus of 3,9901.125. 10d. to be carried to the credit of the profit and loss account for the year 1849, viz.:— The undivided profits at December, 1847, were 4 £61,105 4 4 Net profits for the year ending Decem- ber, 1848 Deduct half-year's dividend to Midsummer, 1848 X11,250 0 0 Ditto to Christmas, 1848 11 : 250 0 0 Bonus of 10s. per share on 20,000 shares Amount paid T. Lamie Murray, Esq., according to the provisions of the Deed of Settlement l,OOO 0 0 Balance of profit and loss carried to that account for 1849 Leaving amount of undivided profits to the credit of Reserve Fund at De- 87,595 17 2 37,490 12 10 °ember, 1848 550,105 4 4 " Since the last annual general meeting the Court of Directors have appointed Anthony O'Flaherty, Esq.► M.P., as a Director to fill a vacancy in the direction oc casioned by the retirement of Charles Bianconi, Esq., and which appointment will require the confirmation of this meeting. "Since the last annual general meeting a vacancy has occurred in the direction by the retirement of F. C. Brown, Esq., who, had he continued iu office to the pre sent time, would have gone out of office by rotation at the meeting; the vacancy thus occasioned it has not been deemed expedient to fill up. " There are now to be elected four Directors, viz., ono Director in the room of F. C. Brown, Esq., and three Directors in the room of John Joseph Keene, Esq., Christopher Fitzshnon, Esq., and Colonel the Honour able Leicester Stanhope, who retire by rotation, all of whom aro candidates for the office, and eligible to be re elected. "Rowand Ronald, Esq., having signified his intention of becoming a candidate for the office of Director, his name is submitted to you accordingly. " Approved by tho Court. (Signed) " F. B. HENSHAW, Chairman." The CHAIRMAN having stated that he was ready to reply to any questions that might be asked by the proprietors, proceeded to address the meeting as follows :—Since, gentlemen, no proprietor wishes to put any question to the directors as regards the trans actions of the past year, it now becomes my duty to move that the report which you have heard read be approved of by the proprietors, and printed for circulation. In doing so, it may be worth while to allude to the disturbing causes that have interfered with all banking operations, not only in England and Ireland, but throughout the whole of the con tinent of Europe.—(llear, hear.) Within the last half century or more there has not been such a state of political excitement, depression, and derangement of the laws which regulate profit and credit as during the past year. As regards Ireland itself, I may say that it has not been free from those political commotions to which I have referred. Fortunately they were, however, of short duration ; yet the madness of some of the attempts made last summer to disturb the peace, which happily was very soon put down, had no doubt their corresponding effect upon the fears and feelings of individuals, and so far must have in terrupted all banking operations.—(Cheers.) In addi tion to that there was the failure, I may say a general failure, of the potato crop. That failure, however, if it had been unassociated with other evils, or rather if it had not succeeded the failure of former years, would have been only partially felt ; but suc ceeding as it did the failure of the crops of three successive years, it was felt with redoubled effect, and weighed heavily on the state of Ireland. In addition to that Ireland has suffered from the measures of the Government connected with the abolition of the corn-laws and the consequent introduction of free trade, since the value of the produce of the country was affected by the change, for Ireland may be said to be entirely dependent upon her agricultural re sources—particularly the parts of Ireland with which this bank is mainly connected. There are (as you are aware) no local manufactures to sustain the indus try and employment of the country; and, in fact, it may be said that the part of Ireland with which we are connected entirely depends upon its agricul tural produce, and the price which it may realise in the market. These things have had a similarly serious effect upon the operations of all institutions like our own. A considerable pressure has also been felt as regards the poor-rates. Indeed, I may say the means and resources of every body in Ireland have been affected by the high amount of these rates. And in addition to all these evils, the price and value of landed property has fallen considerably, as some estates which, a year or two ag o, were worth 25 or 26 years' purchase, could only, such is the depressed state of the country, be sold with difficulty at 15 years' purchase. These are serious matters ; but is not intended, in such a brief address as mine to vou on this occasion must necessarily be, to allude at any length to the political and other causes which have brought Ireland to her pre sentd state, yet it is necessary, in calling your attention to the state of the bank's operations, sa ,totbbartiea boy oftly glance at these causes. Indeed, I may y gentlemen like you are quite capable of appreciating these difficulties. With regard to the operations of the bank during the past year, I may say that the direc tors—seeing allthese things, because of the experience which we have acquired in the management of bank ing affairs in Ireland, the ample and important in formation which we constantly receive from the local directors, inspectors, and managers, and other persons, interested in the condition of Ireland—early last year came to the determination not to make very large ventures—(Cheers)—not to advance a large amount of capital in the excited state of the country at that time.— (Cheers.) I may say that the principle which guided the board was to keep the capital and reserve fund intact, rather than make large apparent profit, whilst probably incurring at the same time large and serious losses.—(Hear, hear.) If, therefore, any merit is due to the directors on the present occasion, it is, that they foresaw the probable state of the country, and managed your affairs in such a manner as not to compromise the safety of our operations, and to secure your dividend at the present moment, and after writing off the bad debts, leaving a handsome surplus to be car ried to the profits of the next year. I may say con scientiously, as we have the pleasure of seeing before us the directors of several of the local boards in Ire land, and speaking in the presence of my colleagues, and enunciating their sentiments, that this fact of the extreme caution which we have used will be assented to by them.—(Cheers.) Ishould also mention to you that last year s e undertook an important and a responsible step w ith regard to an institution in Ireland that was about 'to give up business—l mean the London and Dublin Bank, which had branches in the very best parts of Ireland, namely, the eastern dis tricts, throughout which, as we found by experience, property is of more value and the agricultural classes are in better circumstances. After a gust deal of discussion we took the business of that Lank ; its securities were transfered to us, and we took upon ourselves the responsibility of paying their depositors. The responsibility, as I have said, was apparently great, but having become well acquainted, after minute in- , quirt', with the nature and extent of the resources of that bank, we did not hesitate to do so ; and I am happy to tell you that the result turned out as we calculated. The anticipated responsibility and security turned out to be no responsibility at all.—(Cheers.) I am the more happy to mention this, because I in• dividually took a zealous and an active part in its accomplishment. There is another topic which has occurred within the year upon which I will say a few words. To the movement with regard to savings' banks we had paid much attention, but we had done nothing to influence the public mind with respect to them ; but the gross mismanage ment of some of the savings' banks of Ire land, during the past and former years, had shaken public confidence in them. Under these circumstances the leading nobility, gentry, and clergymen, in the various localities in which our branch banks are situated, entreated us to take deposits in small sums. We consented, and made such arrangements to carry out their views, and at the same time not to increase the expenses of manage. ment. The progress these small deposits have made leads to the inference that in the future we shall derive benefit from them, although not undertaken with an interested motive ; but it being the desire of a large and influential body in Ireland, we felt, as a public institution, that we ought to facilitate their wishes by every means in our power. I think all that remains for me to do is to say that, as regards the future prospects of the bank, I cannot conceive that anything worse can happen to Ireland than what is past.—(Hear, hear.) There may be something in the dispensations of Divine Providence with which we are not permitted to be acquainted . ; but I think if any country has gone through sufferings —sufferings of the most extreme and awful nature, it is Ireland. It is, however, impossible to anticipate that anything more can happen to that unfortunate country. I think we may reasonably come to the conclusion, looking at what has occurred in the past, that we are at the bottom of the gulf. There is something, I trust, in the recuperative state of Ireland, which may work for good. —(Cheers.) Her crisis, I trust, is past. We are not, however, trusting to mere hopes—we are watch ing every operation ; and, though ready to help the commerce of the country, we are doing so with the utmost caution.—(Cheers.) The Chairman con cluded by proposing the motion, which was adopted unanimously. The CHAIRMAN moved the election of John Joseph Keene, Esq., Christopher Fitz-Simon, Esq., and Colonel the Hon. Leicester Stanhope, who retired from the directory by rotation, and who were elegible for re election. The motion was carried unanimously. Upon the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the election by the board of directors, of Anthony O'Flaherty, Esq., the Member for Galway, was confirmed by the meeting. The CHAIRMAN moved the election of Rowand Ronald, Esq., in the room of F. C. Brown, Esq., also retired. There was .no other can didae for the office and his name was pro posed with the approbation of all the direc tors, being a large shareholder in the bank, and having been formerly a director.—(Bear, hear.) The motion was carried unanimously. Sir B. M'NAMARA said he could not allow the proceedings to terminate without:thanking the Chair man and directors for the very cheering report which had just been read.—(Hear, hear.) The Chairman had very properly stated that the worst had been passed through; and they all knew when a storm came to the worst there was always some prospect of its speeedily mending.—(Hear, hear.) Now be did think that their report would bear compa rison with any report which had recently been made.—(Hear.) He was a proprietor of another bank which had been established a considerable time, and from his knowledge of banking affairs generally, he thought he was justified in saying that this was on as good a foundation as any other. bank established in Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) Dr. MAGEE proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman and directors for the assiduity which they bad shown in managing the affairs of the bank during the past year. He hoped God would spare them long to continue their services on behalf of the bank. The vote was unanimously carried. The CHAIRMAN said it was his pleasing duty, on behalf of himself an the other directors, to return their sincere thanks for the honour which had been done to them. It afforded him great pleasure to see on that occasion so many large proprietors present, many of them having come great distances from different parts of Ireland. He could assure the pro prietors that they had tried to meet their approbation, and he trusted that would not be the last occasion on which they would receive such an unanimous vote of thanks from them.—(Hear.) Mr. SMETHWICK moved a vote of thanks to N S. King, Esq., the Secretary, for the efficient way in which he had discharged his duties. He was much esteemed and regarded by every one who knew him in Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN intimated that the board entirely concurred in the estimation in which the services of the secretary were held. The motion was then carried unanimously. The SECRETARY said be was much gratified by the honour which had been conferred upon him, and assured the proprietors that his utmost endeavour' would be devoted to the interests of the bank. The meeting then separated. were reviewed in belonging to the London district, P A R IM E :Ill B o IrOTrnilizngCtlihEeLeVollier Chelsea aßS Iren H sio Y fe ir r a s dent of pensioners. At an early hour the mili taryyde;uppaerrki by nt Li eu t e nant-Colonel A. M. Tullock, pensioners assembled on the cavalry exercising ground facing Grosvenor-gate, and took up an extended position reaching fron4the shrubbery abutting the Oxford-road, to a clump of trees nearly opposite the Marquis of West minster's. At ten o'clock the line was formed, and shortly after Lieutenant-Colonel Tullock, accompanied by the staff of the London district and several general and field officers, arrived, and were received by the line with presented arms, the band playing the National Anthem. After a very minute inspection, and having marched past in slow and quick time, the brigade was Pitt through the battalion manoeuvre, and tiring by divisions, subdivisions, sections, and single files fol lowed. The greater portion of the men were decorated with the war medal, and several in addition wore Wa terloo and regimental medals. The line having been again formed, a general salute was given, and the men were dismissed. _ ALARMING FIRES.—This morning, shortly before one o'clock, a fire happened in the upper part of the house of Mr. Phillips, broker, Lamb's Conduit-street. A child had been left in bed, and from an unusual light having been seen by the servant, :he entered the room, and found the bed clothes in flames. Having snatched up the child, whose night clotbes had already ignited, she alarmed those in the house, who rendered every as sistance in extinguishing the fire, but this was not ac complished till considerable destruction of wearing ap parel, furniture, &c., had taken place. Another fire took place about three o'clock in Curtis-street, Dock head, also in a sleeping room, which was attended with groat damage to property. Delicacy and respect are the fruits not so much of intellect as sensibility. We are considerate towards others, in proportion as our own consciousness gives us universal insight; and sympathies are the beat teachers of politeness.—,Eliza Cook's Journal.