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numerous constituents, so justly complains. Attach ments are of a twofold character—firKt, the ordinary attachment of goods and cl-att , ls, the property of the alleged debtor ; secondly, what is termed the foreign attachment, where proceedings are taken to seiz., !Ton the goods, moneys, or credits of the debtor in the hands of a third party, who is brought into Court on t he allegation that he has property in his hands he lon g i ng _ to, or is himself indebted to the real de fendant, which claim it is sought to transfer to the Claimant. In the first instance an affidavit is sworn, either by the plaintiff himself or some person on his behalf, 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 r esides within the jurisdiction, and 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 be 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 his own knowledge, is sufficient ; the process there upon issues, and the stock in trade or goods of t he 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 c redit—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 .... fr ° lll the premises where they were taken to the Marshal's stores, who is entitled to certain fees for atoreage, &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 Perhaps easily be obtained, but i t p rovides for the full payment by the sureties of such sums as m ay be decreed to the plaintiff, including the casts of the suit. It may easily be conceived how difficult it i s for th e small trader (and such persons are gene rally the victims of these oppressive and harassing Proceedings) 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. 711 e mere fact of the seizure induc es former friends 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 exposu re Is the in ev it a bl e consequ ence. The credit of the un fortunate sufferer is wholly blasted, he can no longer c arry on business as he had previously been accus tomed, and his prospects in life are irretrievably ruined by the undue facilities afforded to some per sonal enemy or rival in trade who may choose to put this oppressive law into operation. The goods so re moved—perhaps of a fragile description—are also materially deteriorated in value. If, as we are told, three removals are as bad as one fire, it may readily be 'conceived what damage will be inflicted by the 'careless hands of the Marshal's bailiffs and assistants in bringing the goods to the store s and re turning them, if the defendant should be so fortunate as to procure the necessary bail. If 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 , i- s• in the pound upon any sum under 1001., and 6d. In the pound on all above that amount, the cost of storeage, 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 unfortunatel , prevents us from detailing the vex atious course adopted —a course equally injurious and toPpressive to the alleged debtor and to the garnishee, 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. REYNOLDS, This the n is the system wh ich ar. 'with the full consent and . approbation, indeed at the express desire, of the commercial community, wishes to abolish. Every resident in the Irish metropolis, O r in any of the various boroughs throughout the country subjected to a similar jurisdiction, is mate rially in the speedy abatement of so in tolerable a nuisance. The English manufacturers are se equally. The goods which they sell upon credit to a person believed to be respectable and solvent May be swept away the very day of their arrival b y a collusive juggle between the purchaser and some friend, or relative, who can obtain a third Person to swear an affidavit of debt, which can easily be effected, when there is an absolute certainty that judgment will be suffered by default, or at least that 110 effectual resistance will be offered to the recovery of the fictitious demand. Why then should any diffi culty be suffered t o p reva il? Why should these ad • witted evils be tolerated for a single moment ? Ther e are, it appears, three functionaries who realise considerable profits from these transactions. The Marshal and his two bailiffs have, it a PP e ars, held their offices for a considerable period, and they claim compensation for the losses they will undoubtedly sustain if the process of at tachment be altogether abolished. However oppres sive the practice, or objectionable the proceedings, they are not in fault ; they were public officers appointed to execute what (however faulty) was most unquestionably the law of the land ; and their offices being invariably 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 COO/. 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 Exchequer 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) be paid from the municipal funds. The Corporation, on the contrary, declare that their funds will not be in any degree benefited by the alteration ; that it is the public generally who will reap the ad vantage, and who should consequently pay for it. They also declare that the claimants were not ap- Pointed by them ; that they were legacies ((konnise l uereditates) bequeathed by their predecessors of the unreformed Corporation, and they positi vel y and dis• tinctly, and as we think very correctly, refuse to be saddled with any new liability. 0 Wing to the obstinacy of Sir CHARLES Wool), the abomina tions to which we have above referred are to be per petuated, or grievous injustice is to be p erpetrate d on th ree persons, who are to be stripped o f their eituations without any equivalent lest some few hundreds per annum, might be charged on the public Purse f or the few remaining days of these old men s lives. Now we are as anxious for every just economy as Sir CHARLES Wool) himself. We would as strongly object to the perpetration of a job as any of the Ministers ; but England is not yet so bankrupt in resources, that a gross injustice should be perpe tuated to save a few paltry hundreds per annum. C ompensation should be given to the Marshal and bailiffs, and the Consolidated Fund is the only source from which that compensation is properly payable. So many difficulties, such economical scruples, would not be interposed if the claimants were some titled einecurists or hereditary pensioners with Parliamen tary influence to sustain their demands for annual thousands; but unfortunately, in the present instance, they are men without rank or influence, who can only rely upon the justice and equity of their cases, and the smallness of the amounts required, and of course they are to be treated with supercilious contumely. Mr. REYNOLDS, himself, suggested a mode by which the matter might be equitably and fairly ar. ranged. He proposed that certain fees should be levied in the proceedi:ig that might be substituted for the old ..,ttachaient, cut of which not only the 500/. 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." L'HE FRENCH 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 N. 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, as 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 tho Emperor of RussiA, 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 wilds. The Messager du Midi publishes a long account of an enzeute 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. Several arrests have taken place. Count LADISLAUS TELEKI, 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 snake 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 aldition to it proposed by MM. JOLY 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 the danger of that state of things, as well for tha 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 DUFALTRE and PASSY modification has failed, and that it is probable b'nGEAun will be the new President of the Council. PARIS BOURSE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23. THREE O'CLOCK.— The debate of yesterday has had a depressing eillet 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, 00 days), 25 521 ; ditto (90 days), 25 40. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. ➢ivx 23. Boulogne and Amiens, 7 ex coupons—Northern of France, 91h—Orleans and Bordeaux, 3—Paris and Orleans, 29 1 / 2 — Paris and Rouen, 19 1 / 2 —Paris and Strasbourg, 4%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 18th have arrived. Great preparations were making at Barcelona to give a triumphal reception to General CONCHA. MADRID Boma., MAY 18. Three per Cents., 251; Five per Cents. 10a, both paper. Exchange on London, 50 40. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA AND lIUNGAR Y. The Emperor of AUSTRIA left Vienna on the IGth 'or 011mutz. _ _ 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, Bartleld, 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 Carlsruke says : " M. de Rothschild has 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 lira disch, May 13, which says— " Yesterday afternoon a Russian battalion arrived here by railway, another came in this morning; so that in the course of two days at the farthest an auxiliary cbrps of 20,000 men will be concentrated at llradisch 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 OUDINOT was to advance against Rome on the 14th at the head of 6,000 men, and that he had disposed his troops en echellon from Civita Vecchia to support his attack. On the same day the regiment of Roselli and several other com panies from Perugia marched into Rome for the defence of the city. The French were endeavouring, if possible, t o form a j Neapolitans, unction with the T ap ie oli nm tans, a p n r s e: iosauyslsy theto commencing the attack. Opinione of Turin, coolly await them to se cond lesson. The same journalstatgeslve them a that the Spanish Porn has protested against the French and intervention in a letter addressed to Father VENTUR A. England is stated to hive offered her me di a tion th ro ugh 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. They 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 Min instant, and WaS but coolly welcomed. He set out for Parma the following morning. Official news of the surrender of Bologna was re ceived at Milan on the 18th, from the headquarters of Borgo Parole. 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 g ranted till Ave _the following evening, at which tie another deputation came an'l announced the surrender of the town, and a capitulation was forthwith agreed on, and in aecord.ince its conditions the Austrians took posscseicn of the gates of Castiglione ' S. ` - :lice, and Galliera, the barricades were removed, and the guns deposited in the Apostolic Palace, and a disarmament of the I3olognese effected. General BADETZKY im mediately sent the keys of the city to the PorE, at Gaeta. The Austrians were defeated by the Venetians at Malghera on the 7th. The Venetians made a sortie, and drove the Austrians back to the entrenchments at the same time destroying a considerable portion of their works. The Austrians lost 300 men in this affair. MONEY 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 quarter. The Continental advicee 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 pert of their previously improved tone, but rallied a little after the Bourse, according to what is stated in private letters that have been shown 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-a-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 Govern ment 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 jamb; but the Continental news by the second delivery has since had an effect. Consols have been 9118 lA, and are now 91 to I g. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. realised 90% to 3 /4. Bank Stock is worth 1931 to 195. Exchequer-bills have 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 lA, and the Three per Cents. 321% to % ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 48j,i. Mexican are steady at 30 3 k 31, and Equador are 3 1 /. The Share Market is dull, and prices rule heavier ter Cale donian, South-Eastern, and Brighton. The French lines are cheaper again. mturisri FUNDS TIES DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Cifnal the Official List.) Bank Stock - 195 1910 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Anns New 3 1 4 per Cent.. Anus -- - ~ 90 t /2 3 / 4 % Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860... 8 9-16 India Stock — Do. Bonds, 1000/ Ditto under 1.0001 Consols for Account 91 % 14 91 91% Exchequer Bills. 1 4d. 2d, March. June. 1,0001. 500/ — 47 p Small — 47 44 . p Ditto Advertised, - 43 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Equador Bonds 3 14 Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent., Caupons 30N% Ditto Ex Coupons Ditto Account Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,1840 Ditto for the Account Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 3 2 5 , 1,4 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch DA per Cent., 12 Guild B:ISINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ON O'CLOCK RAILWA VP. RAID. PS& SIIAZE. Birmingham & OxfordJunct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Buckinghamshire 161.48 l 3 /4 dis.... to Caledouian Ditto, New 10/. Preference 10 ... 111,E 1 4 xin to Chester and H01yhead......... 50 • 14%...... to Dublin andßelf.cst Junction.. 37% 5 14 to Eastern Counties .... Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 Edinburgh and Glasgow Great Northern Groat Western 100 ...... 77 ..... to 78 a .ull and Selby Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 ...... 47 q to Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths .......... 6IA . Ditto, Thirds l5 ...... 6 .... .. to Do., New Guar. 6 per cent Loud., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 5 f.ondon and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d 94i ...... to London & North Wezt5rn.....100 127% to Do., New Quarters Manch, Buxton, Sc Matlock 4 1 / 2 1 ~,,.... to Midland, Conso]. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 l2l 123% to 124 North British .. .. ... ..... .. 25 Ditto Halt Shares...." ..... 12% 534...... to North Staffordshire:.. Scottish Central South Eastern Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 ..... 6% to Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 York and North Midland .. 50 ... Ditto, Preference Ditto East and West Riding Extension ..... 25 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 2O .. 7 ex.c....... to -- Central of France (Orleans and Vicrzon) Northern of France ..- . ... Paris and Roucn ' — Paris & Strasbour4 ... Rouen and Havre NINES. Australian Barrossa Range....... 2Bs lia p.m... to 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 aryieed here this morning to discharge and repair. SUNDERLAND, MAY 22.—Sid. Sir Charles Napier, Cuba. HARTLEPOOL, MAY 23.—Wind N.W.--Sld. Edward Thorne, Coquimbo. SHIELDS, MAY 23.—Wind W.S.W.--Sld. Lydia, Quebec. DEAL, MAY 23.—Wind W.S.W. to N.E.—Arrd. Ann Eliza, Cook, Porto Rico; John Baring ba rque, 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. Sid. 23d, Euphrates, St. Helena; Blanche, Jamaica. DOVOR, MAY 23.—Wind Nagade, Arft, Havanna') for Hamburgh ; Harmonic, Hilners, Cardiff for Bremen, in consequence of the blockade. LIVERPOOL, MAY 23.—Wind W.N.Vr.—Arrd. 22d, Chieftain, Edwards, Calcutta; Hurna:rson, Findlay, Bombay; Mary Woods, B.trtlett, Callao.; Una, Cauzer, New Orleans. 23J, Albert, Murray, Buenos Ayres; Bombay, Moore, Demerara; John Tanyworth, Young, St. Domingo; Douglas, Herbert, New Orleans; De borah, Norman, ditto; Atlas, Homan, New York; Va • • liant, Thompson, St. John's, New Bruns . vick. Sld. 22d, Courrier, Port Philip; Sporting Lass, V irginia; Salacia, New York; Susan Ann, Newfoundland. Off port, 23d, Independence, New Orleans. RoTnsev, Inc OF BUTE, MAT 22.—' l'ha 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 Jonee, 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 get into a berth alongside the pier, and would discharge; she is much damaged at the keel, besides other damage. HOLYHEAD, MAY 23.—Tho Felet Do Lima de Silva, I f o, r t_f Toe o fr om weather, Liverpool, apparentvr morning, no r — p r Nnt o hii o ene, hl , vgdece, a r oa a manaTs n ntaoedgrs o seeii on shore. Teresa noorw ti hn l e a os bay,ut r n bg butahrt., Portuguese,hour, otis during ra thick ssi s withoutt ed Mitchison, ran upon the , d otfhSisunindoerrnlanin morning, L9WESTOFT, MAY 2 but was assisted off after beating heavily for several hours, and brought into the roads withc at much damage. PLYMOUTH, MAY 23.—The Panama,, hence to Port Philip, put back here this morning, w;.th damage, hav ing been in contact, off the Deadm an , w ith t h e Mary ' Jones, for Runcorn, which sank ; cre w save d b y t h e 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 n.ot arrived here as reported yesterday. MARKET NEWS.—(T HIS DAY.) NEMIGATZI AND MEAD ENHA3.I6. These markets were again heavy L )-day, at barely the late decline in the quotations. Beef, from 2s 41 to 34 od; Mutton, 25 SI to 35 ld; Llnib, 45 8d to 5s 81; Veal, 3s to 4s; and Pork, 3s to 4s per Sibs. MEAT C:st/lIIALL, NAY 23.--Qtr markt ix to-clay WAS 'navy for each kind of fat stock, and prices receded quite 24 per 8 bs. Beef, from 3s to 3s ; Mutton, 3s to 4.,; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 83; Veal, 3s 41 to 33 10:1; and Pork, 33 24 to 413 per Sibs, to sink the efial. ii.O3IFORD, MAY 2.3.—We had a vary slow trade this morning, and the quo:ations were not supported. Beef, from 2s 81 to 3s SI; Mutton, 33 to 43; Lamb, 4s Btl to 5s 8,1; Veal, 3s 24 to 3s 103; and Pork, 3s 44 to 33 103 per Slbs. Suckling Calves, 183 to 253; quarter old store Pigs, 165 to 203; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 131 to 171 each. llinsitAlr, MAY 23.—Very little business was trans acted in to day's market on the following terms:—Beef from 3s 24 to 33 101 ; Mutton, 33 43 to 4 , 3; Lamb, to Gs; Veal, 33 43 to 3s Sd; and Pork, 33 44 to 33 Sd per 811)3. ARUNDEL, MAY 22.—We had a very slow trade this morning. In prices we have no material change to report:—Beef, from 3s to 3$ 10d; Mutton, 33 41 to 4s; Lamb, Ss 2d to 63; Veal,33 44 to 33 104 per Sibs. CHICHESTER, MAY 23.—The general demand was heavy, at barely late rates. Beat, from 3s to 31 84; Mutton, 3s 21 to 4s; Lamb, Si to 6;; Veal, 3s 4(1 to 33 101; and Pork, 3s 44 to 3s 84 per Blbs. Suckling Calves, 203 to 254; quarter-old Store Pigs, 183 to 21s; and Mulch Cows, 13/ to 171 each. EAT BIBLELECETS. SMITMFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 10s to 41 ; Clover itto, 31 05 to 51 Os ; and Straw, 11 6s to 1/ 103 per wad. Both hay and Straw moved eft slowly, at barely stationary prices. CUMBERLAND. Meadow Hay, 21 123 to 4/ 05 ; Clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 41 163 ; and Straw, 11 65 to 11 105 vor load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. WIIITECHAPEL.—MeacIow Hay, 2/ 103 to 4/ 03 ; Clover ditto, 31 5s to Si Os; and Straw, 1153 to 11 lOs 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 Euglaud and Wales per Imperial Quarter. i wirEAT. I BARLEY.' OATS. 1 RTE. BEANS. I PEAS. PRICE .. 1 44s 9d I 28s Od I 17s Sd 23s Bd' 303 7,1 I 293 lid DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. 1 BARLEY. I OATS. I are. I BEANS. I PEAS. Is Cd Is Cd Is Od Is Od i s od Is Od Cu ANCERY.—(THISMAY.) Continual indisposition prevented the Lord C sitting in his court at Westmi nster to day. ROLLS' COURT.--(THIS DAY.) His Lordship the Master of th e R o ll s h ea rd petitions ;o-day, none of which presented any f e ature of interest. (Before the VIC,E•CIIINCELL OR of ENGLAND.) HIS DAY.) V ll l i3 C H E L C ou i r l: Pr i o N cee C dc E d R vv::::::e ( h i e l aring of motions to day, but no case calling for a speci a l report came b e f o re the Court during the morning. (Before the 'Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) The case of Laugh= v. Smith, which came before his Honour upon further directions, occupied th e C ou rt the greater part of the morning. (Before the Vice. Chancellor WIGRAM.) REYNELL V. SPRYE. The further arguments in this part heard cause occu pied his Honour the whole morning. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) (Mani, a rcsFctahly dressed young man, %An) described himself as an assistant to an artist in Bond street, was charged with damaging ono 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 doirg anything wrong. Air. Ham. thought that the prisoner, who was twenty. two years of ago, hqd 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 205., or send him to prison for ten days. MARLBIVY-STREET—( THIS DAY.) AN ABSURDITY IN THE LAW.—Captain Warriner, a gentleman staying at the Waterloo lintel, 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 co mm itti ng a nuisance in the doorway of No. 132, Jermyn•street. As there had been frequent complaints made by the pro prietor of the house, he took defendant into custody. De fendant was perfectly sober at the time. that he e was complained determined Mr. Clark, the occupa nt of the house in q uestion, here e ntl ate h to put a stop to it. I n this instance the water had made hadstep stepped becomefor w so e rd intolerable and sai d its way under the shopdoor, and from thence through 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, argil 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 mons the defendant to the County Court, for wilful damage. He must, therefore, dismiss the charge. Mr. Clark said the varnish on the door was totally destroyed, and it would cost him a trifle to have it re varnished. If the defendant would pay for the 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 railway, the journey to Epsom was, to the journalist, 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 tolikeepers. 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 gadiering in front of " the Eagle," on the morning of the race, has fallen into disuse, the betting men, to avoid the clamour and crush which have invariably made the transaction of business at this time-honoured, bat most a r ticular) y inconvenient, spot, s o 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 w hereas in bygone times, in order to avoid the cr ush 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 one-fourth of the expense which the trip would cost by the road. The . changes on the Downs are not less important-=the ring on the hill is one of the " has beans" of the ancient re gime, and pedestrians can now mov e about with little danger of being trodden under foot; the horses are sad -1 died in front of the stand, without interruption from the mob, are started without those vexatious failures has e o e m n ee become,me being nt to one of efw it finial tnha:ewawraly s oy isrsuot every thing. .guceryolhn that have so often given the victory to animals which, on their merits, could not have won a 501. plate; the race is a i T u n o d y s t e h u w m e G t. u o r I : , n d t E h S p e s t ; C I m i o d r : to have been, the centre alike of business and pleasu're. ducted meetings in the kingdom, is which money, labour, and experience can ma ke it. Under ordinary favoura ble circumstances the success of Epsom races has never been a matter of doubt; but wo have this year seen the Metropolitan, and, in fact, nearly all the spring meetings, prove the most complete failures, not from lack of sport or good m anagemen t, but from the extraordinary inclemency of the weather; and so inauspiciously did the present meeti ng commence , that we had strong. misgivings as to the fate of the " grand day." Happily our fears proved groundless, the morning broke favourably, and, saving that one or two heavy showers between eleven and twelve o'clock excited was immense, but decidedly some apprehensions, more agreeable weather for the sport could not have been desired.. The Grand Stand was thronged . in all parts, and the 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 a b s e s l e :V b :l a lnV i C a ri t i l g i : isfig;'vreergyarte4pe F t. . was a marked falling off. Admitting this, however, there can be no doubt that the parties interested in keeping up the popularity of the meeting, must, in a pe cuniary sense, have met with . the reward to which their endeavours to meet the public taste fairly entitle them. And now for the Derby,. the only event calling for any notice beyond the edictal return. As will be gathered from what we have alread y said, little or nothing was done in the town, but from th e a offers,' it was not difficult to make out that Nunnykirk was on th e 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 i partly to a misunderstending n the stable as to the jockeys. Chatterer also went out of favour. O n 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, a nd started with ou t a m i s t a k e . 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 Darby Stnlcs of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for three yrs oil; colts, Sat 71b; fillies. Sst 21b; the second horse to rceive 100 sovs. out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 100 soya. towards the police regulations. Mile and a half. (237 subs.) Lord Eglinton's Flying Dutchman ...(Marlow) 1 Mr. Goda in's Hotspur (Whitehouse) 2 Colonel Peel's Tadmor (Nat) 3 Lord CHl:lea's Honeycomb (Robinson) 4 Lord Ealinton'a Elthiron (Prince) 0 Mr. A. Niellol's Nunnykirk (Marson) u Mr. B twes's The K- tit (F. Butler) 0 Sir C. Monk's Vanguard (J. Holmes) 0 Mr. 11. Hill's Henry of Exeter (W.Boycc) 0 Lord Stanley's Uriel (Bumby) 0 Duke of Rutland's c out of Flambeau's dam...(Pearl) 0 Mr. Pcdley's Old Dan Tucker (Templeman) 0 Mr. Watt's Chatterer (A. Day) 0 Sir J. Hawley's Vatican (Rogers) 0 Sir C. Cockrell's Thibalt (H. Darling) 0 Mr. Gratwick's Landgrave (Kitchener) 0 Mr. Disney's Montague (W. Abdale) 0 Sir G. Heathcote's Companion (R. Sherwood) 0 Mr. Farrance's The Old Fox (Hornsby, jun.) 0 Mr. Nicholl's Woolwich (W. Oates) 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 (IL Bell) 0 Lord Bateman's Goodwood (Sly) 0 Mr. Jaques's Chantrey (G. Simpson) 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst Tadmor-2 to 1 agst Flying Dutchman-6 to 1 agst Nunnykirk-10 to 1 agst Chat terer-20 to 1 agst Vatican-25 to 1 agst Honeycomb -25 to 1 agst Elthiron-30 to 1 agst The Knout-30 to 1 agst Uriel-40 to 1 agst Old Dan Tucker-40 to 1 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, Tallier, 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 lett to the Flying Datchmau, Hotspur, and Tadmor, the former b.:ing 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 halfa 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 Yr jean The Carew Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added; three yrs old, 7st 10ib; four, Bst 111 b; five, 9st 21b; six and aged, 9st Gib. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 150 sovs., if demanded, &c. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. C. Hornsby's Bokhara, aged... (Hornsby, jun.) 1 Colonel Peel's Taffrail, 4 yrs ..• ••• ••• 2 Mr. Drinkald's Resolution, 5 yrs ... 0 Mr. Waller's Potting;er, 5 vrs ••• ••• ••• 0 M r. 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 Bating-7 to 4 agst Philosopher and Taifrail. sto 1 agst Resolution, and 7 to 1 agst Bukhara. Bokhara made all the running, and, after a severe race, at the finish won by a head, Pottinger a good third. Run in 1 min. 22 SEC. The Burgh Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added; three year olds, Bst 21b; four, Bst 111 b; five, 9st; six and aged, 9st 41b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for SO 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) 3 dr Mr. Drinkald's Grief, 3 yrs ... ... (Rodney) 4 dr 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 EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY.)-BY EXPRESS. The Epsom Four Years Old Stakca of 50 sous. each, &e. Mr. Roll's Comet walked over The Dardans Stakes of 10 sous. each, &c. Sylvia ... Paquita Miss Flower ... ~. ... ... ... ... ... 2 Won by a length. ... ... ... 3 LITERATURE. ELIZA COOKS 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 tills us, a very strong prejudice. Her remarks on this subject are as truthful as they are e;.cellent. 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, and 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," &I. 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 te 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 arou nd 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. I3esides those already mentioned, are articles on " Fools," " Rooks and Rookeries," " The Inside of an Omnibus," " Pride," a poem by Charles Swain, " May," &c., &e. 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. SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO DR. CANDLITH .--We regret to learn that as Dr. Candlish was descending the stair in his house in Charlotte street, on Saturday, ha unfortunately missed his footing and fell, by which ho sustained a severe fracture in one of his arms, and re ceived other injuries. The Rev. Doctor was, of course, unable to attend to his pulpit ministrations on Sunday, but we are glad to loam that he is progressing favour ably.—Edinburgh Courant. DE ITU OF Miss EnGswoßTit.--DuBLIN, MAY 23. —lt is stated in Saunders's News Letter of this morisninnog that an illustrious Irishwoman, M ater of more. She died after a few hours' illness, at Edgewerths town, cn the morning of Monday. Up to a very recant 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 new article of belly timber is suitable; but we should think it one , d i a ily adapted to parties on board wages.—Punch. NATIONAL B ANK OF IRELAND. The famteenth annual nlecting of the proprietor 6 of this bank was held yesterday, 4t one o'clock, at the offices, Old Brop.lstreet ; T. Lamie 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 Ommanney, J. B. Henshaw, James Reade, J. C. Ruding, and Christopher Fitz-Simon, Esqs. Among the shareholders we observed — Sir B. %V. Wall, Captain. Sir Burton Macnamara, the Rev. Horace G. Chohnondeley, 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 M'Mahon, of Limerick ; Edmund Power, Charles Rule, George Coxhead, John Pitman, Rowand Ronald, A. K. Hutchison, E. Bedford, William Handley, Peter Daly, John Hardy, and John N. M'Kenna, Esqs. 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, 1849. " The Directors have the satisfaction of placing before the Proprietors the usual statements of account for the past year. "In 93 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 ye - ais 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 aff,icted 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 largo 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 remain a surplus of 3,9901. 12s. 10,1. to be carried to the credit of the profit and loss account for the year 1849, viz.:— The undivided profits at December, 1817, were £61,105 4 4 Net profits for the year ending Decem ber, 1848 .. Deducthalf-year's dividend to Midsummer, 1848 £11,250 0 0 Ditto to Christmas, 1348 11 : 250 0 0 Bonus of 103. pc: share on 20,000 shares Amount paid T. Lamie Murray, Esq., according to the provisions of the Deed of Setthment l,OOO 0 0 Balance of profit and loss carried to that account for 1849 87,595 17 2 37,490 12 10 Leaving amount of undivided profits to the credit of Reserve Fund at De cember, 1848 .C50,105 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 in 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 bo 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 Fitzsinion, Esq., and Colonel the Honour able Leicester Stanhope, who retire by rotation, all of wilom are 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 the Court. (Signed) "F. B. HENsaaw, 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.—(Hear, 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 kit 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 bad 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 (us 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 fall en considerably, as s or some estates which, a year or tw o ago, were worth 25 26 years' purchase, could only, such is thedep a re t ss l e s d state of the country, be sold with difficulty y i a s n r o s' t p i nutrecnhdaesde: inT h es such e ch ar se briefs e i o u n s d d m re a s t s te r a s s ; m h i n u e t to you on this occasion must necessarily be, to allude at any length to the political and other causes which have brought Ireland to her pre sent state, yet it is necessary, in calling your attention to the state of the bank's operations, to briefly glance at these causes. Indeed, I may say, that a body of ge ntlemen like you are quite capable of appreciati ng 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,:, 1',, 1 * lvhiht probably incurring at the same time large gui - 5 . 1 ~. serious losses.—(Hear, hear.) If, iherigki*Yfirtt4,...t.., merit is due to the directors - s ortripiiiti.q."/ ./ •7 .._.,. occasion, it is, that they foresair '• ifig t 'l l 7 .11..,....... , state of the country, and managelf- - -Tw ' b. the er pr e manner sen t a i ns operations,o not m en atn, dtaon and after o c a o: , m t :::p e re writing m rr c et t g i safety i d n hi dseune dividend n eti g yo o u ff r 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.) I.'should also mention to you that last year w e undertook an important and a responsible step with 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 great deal of discussion we took the business of that bank ; 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 quiry, 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 andsecurity 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 didate 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.—(Hear, hear.) The motion was carried unanimously. Sir B. ArNAMARI 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 cave to the worst there was always some prospect of its speeedily mending.—(Hear, hear.) Now he 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 Irelanil.—(Hear, hear.) Dr. MAGEE proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman and directors for the assiduity which they had shown in managing the affairs of the bank during the past year. lie 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 and 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 bad 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 he was much gratified by the honour which had been conferred upon him, and assured the proprietors that his utmost endeavours would be devoted to the interests of the bank. The meeting then separated. liA pARRKE.VIETWhisOmF morning g Cr e Ls belonging to the London district, were reviewed in enrolledENCS PENSIONERS s IN . Pensioners rE Hyde•park by Lieutenant-Colonel A. M. Tullock, mili tary superintendent of pensioners. At an early hour the p e nsioners assembled on the cavalr y exercising ground facing Grosvenor -gate, and took up an extended position reaching from:the shrubbery abutting the Oxford-road, to a clump of trees nearly opposite the Marquis of West minster's. At ten e London o'cloek t d h i e str l i i e n t e anwdassevfeorral general med,ad shortly after Lieutenant-Colonel Tullo c k, accom p an i e d ,arreired the , ananbdwd a3eprlereinceg the Nationalivedbyth the line e lia b An, y i ndottlihi fi c ee presented rtrhs a arms, very minute inspection, and having marched past in slow and quick time, the brigade was put through the battalion manoeuvre, and tiring by divisions, subdivisions, sections, and single files fol lowed. The greater porti o n 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 haviiig been seen by the servant, she entered the room, and found the bed clothes in flames. Having snatched up the child, whose night cl-thes bad already ignited, she alarmed those in the house, who rendered every as sistance in extinguishing the tire, 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'cl_sek in Curtis-street, Dock head, also in a sleeping room, which was attended with great 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 ow consciousness gives us universal insight; and sympathies are the best teachers of politeness.—. Eliza Cook's Journal. ~a':~" ,k ~. ,1 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 24,