The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-17 00:00:00

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THE BANKIII4te SYSTEM OF INDIA .—AII apfea
the existing banking &ym, of India is furnished in a
Parliament return. recently moved for by Mr. R. W.
CraCrawford.ary Vie rules for the respective banks of Ben-
gal; Bombay, and Madras, were framed exactly twenty- '
one years ago, when the trade of India 1-witb this
country was about 4000,000 or and
they remain in . force to' this day, when our inter-
changes have swollen to an aggregate of nearly
£60.3000,009. The original.charter of the Bank of Ben-
gal, granted in 1823, ,Was shperseded by a new one on the
18th of March, 1839; which served subsepently as the
model fdetheehartere of tke hanks 'in the other presi-
dencies. By this the capital of the pal* o Bengail
was-faxed at 11;125;900, in shares of £4OO each, or par,-
- -ter shares of '£loo each, and the extraordinary restric-
tion •was -imposed that no one should be allowed to
held 'if larger amount than £16,000. The Govern-
nsetit, bowczer, are to hold £165,000. The number
of directors is to be Ig;te, of whom three are appointed
by the Governor-Generak Of the sit ordinary direc-
tors two are to go out of Ace every year, and
are not, on- that occasion, to be re-eligible. ; Qn.absence.-
from Calcutta for three months they are likewise tg'
vacate their.seats. The qualification of each director is
£1,200, and the business of the establishment is defined
as fonows The discounting of negotiable securities.
2. The keeping of cash accounts.. 3. Buying and sell-,
ing of bills of exchange in India. 4. The lending of
money on short loans. b. The buying and selling of
' bullion. 6. The receiving of deposrits. 7. The issuing
and circulating of cash notes and bank post biAis. S.
The selling of property or securities deposited in the
bank as SeCkliji,iy for loans and not redeemed, or of pro:
perty or securities recoyeod by the bank in satisfaption
of debts and claims. .
*).-STERIQUS AND DIABOLICAL A.74.FR.,-71?rogheda,
Wealie„s4y, Marph 14th.—SinCe yesterday eyelAng, a.
very painful Fensatien has pervaded the ,town, in..conse-
quence of an occurelicp pf a 104 happily rare, netwithl
standing the many attempts at burglary and robber,
which have lately been made. The circumstances Con-
nected with this strange and diabolical act
10 L--. Shortly after 8 o'clock an individual was
inpree
peaFTitefirarhiei,
Patrick
1-t?g
keett
irl
eekt
xfei ;it
hegub9si
ispavbreofoatu
house
ere-
etrwhe
about
Masonicrdoeunotcfe
tg°etbseeasrneeetElytie,,:op4t‘ahpa
tot4hifhAsisltdilhitemoorawwmlel
and, on showing him to the door,
middle-aged woman, remained there, where she was
joined by the servant in the next house—that of Henry
Clinton, solicitor. They remained in conversa-
tion., foi 4, filloy, time, when Mr. Clinton's servant went
homerand l r. daseys housekeeper shut the door and,
went doin to the kitchen'. She' had scarcely sat down,--,-
when a' knock came at the door, and, slie being alone.
in the house, went up to open it. The fellow who `'
vas
tite door 1,6.. pig opened 4,3 pushed in, closed it, and plabed
observed .9Pposite was the person who knOcked ; and on
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himself against " •
reamekl, upon,.4e^cligg' this, the woman
which hTise arru 944 dealt her
scea,d•lit,th an lin q6ie.mv
which 144 hey .t a yiejellt Now °n the She imine4iately
screaming witng 4
h when she received another
hp 'head, 1.714 Cit appa brought her
blow on the belt 49e t eAserfor Murdern kedto
to the ground, aud oft rifinZ§
time placing her Iwo i 4
der ! robl4Ty.!" at the same
m ending deseent
iil4* a position as to ward off thei p.
deal another blow: She cried out ou y .
with redoubled
Her screams
the gentlemen who
having attracted the aiteotieri (.4
l
enfetrhgey, prostratingtterDf°osvilr thetthicradmteime. _
were then in the Masionia-ball, two of them
throe
loi se the
mis.
cane . out, but ere they arrived, at the
.
creant had escaped, and no trace of his whereabEonfe
has since been *covered. Robert Pentland,sq.,
onzsdhiaadteloyallss e:sit a fur,se severe
ehire4an
4454 kath)
each of f was immediately
which, World have been sufficient to have
but for the' interposition of the hand; smashed one of
her!fingers, and shattered the desh of the others in a
most frightful manner. One of the fingers had -to be
trevi;asthefbluasntd,
amputated. Some believe a robbery vio intended;
othrs, from the time selected, think such could rot
have been the idea. Whatever it was, the whole occur-
rence scarcely occupied two minutes, and no
,elue has
been discovered; the affair, up to the present; being
wrapt in fearful mystery.—lrish Dimes, . • -