The Express.
London, England, 1865-04-20 00:00:00

MENTAL BANK CORPORATION.-( THIS DA Y.)

The fourteenth annual meeting of the proprietors
vet held at 1 o'clock at the bank, Threadneedle-West ;
Br H. G. GORDON a the chair.
The report end balancethest, read by the chief manager
(ir. Glades J. File Stewart), were as follows :
The Reseed statement of affairs and balance-ehest for
taper 1864, sow submitted by the directors for the infor-
matics of their oeproprithors, show the net profit of the
cap:ethics for that period to be 206,0691. 18s. 4d. after
defraying current expenses, and providing for all
led and doubtful debts. The dividend of 8 per cent. for
the half.year sodas 30th June, already paid, bas
shorted 100,8001. of the profits, leaving 106,2894 18s. 4d.
mailable for present distribution, out of which it is now
gepod to pay an additional dividend of 5 per cent, and a
icons of 3 per mat., making, with the previous payment, a
dimibatios of profit for the year 1864 equal to 16 per cent.
re the capital of the corporation. The present dividend
id hoses, amounting to 21. per share, will be paid, free
i▪ ncormetax, on and after the Ist proximo, at the
dice of the corporation ; and after these payments
lave been prodded far, there will remain a balance of
4,489/Ak4d. to interned to the credit of the next account.
The cement of the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's
7reseurl having bees obtained to an increase of capital, a
farther thus of 251. shares was made on the 20th of May
but, and the amt were allotted to the proprietors then
*dared on the books of the corporation in the
poportion of one in six. These shares were
Need at a premium of 204 each, which premium
ma amid to the credit of reserved fund ; and the directors
have the satidaction to report that the entire amount has
isse tally mid up, making the capital of the corporation
PAM., and the ermined fund 444,0001. The operations
dike pest year have not moulted so favourably as those
it 1813; nevertheless, having regard to the critical stets
d semmercial and monetary affairs during the period
Tar review, the directors have good reason to congratulate
lie shareholders, that timely precaution in restricting
edits and limiting business generally, while reducing the
tided, has prevented much actual loss which might other-
'Waal arisen and ham diminished the prospective risk
samarilr attaching to current transactions in times of dif-
ficulty. The directors who retire by rotation are-Mr.
Credos, Mr. Mackenzie, arid ?dr. OargW who
ankle for reelection, offer themselves accordingly
fis teeth with plasma; recommend the proprietors to re-
act them. It will also be the duty of the meeting to
insist two gentlemen to be auditors for the year 1865.
"Goosed statement and balance sheet for the year ending
Dasher 31, 1864. Liabilities : To promissory notes In
caddies not bearing Interest, 627,9001. 15a. ; bills of
mange in circulation sot bearing interest, 3,6164461.
Lk. 3d. ; balances due to other beaks, 42.0054 3s. scl. ;
nth deposited not bearing interest, 1,515,9561. 4s. 3d. ;
sib deposited bearing interest, 6,463,7031. 55. 9d. ;
toil to the public, 12,266,3121. 3s. Bd. Te
mid paid up, 1,260,0001. to reserved surplus fund,
24000/. ; to insurance fund, 50,0001. ; to dividends remaki-
ng unpaid, 2,4631. 10e. ; balance of profit and loss after de-
hying all current thanes, 105,2891. The. 4d. ; due to
anholden, 1,669,7531.8 x. 4d. ; total, 13,935,0651. 12a.
delta : By coin sod bullion, 2.063,5871. 15e. 4d. ; by be
keen doe from other banks, 1,103,5864 Bs. 3d.; by preemie
Ka notes or bills of other banks, 30,1404 15s. 7d. ; making,
1337,3141. 19s. 2d.; by government secculties, 928,5141. 95.;
add or other property of the corporation, 187,2511.
9d. ; debts secured by landed or other property,
1261064 10s. 6d. ; notes and bills discounted or other
debts the to the corporation, not included under the fore
phe heads, and exclusive of all debts abandoned as bad,
3.3K8781. ls. 7d. ; total, 13,935,0651. 12a.
"Peat and LOW account: Dr.: To mouth paid as interim
deified for the half-year ending June 30, 1864, 100,8004;
h balsam, 105,289 E 18s. 44. ; total, 206,0691. 18s. 44. ;
4.: By lsaleace undivided at 31st December, 1863 9,5191.
Ot 3d.; by amount of set profit for the year sail 31st
boxcar. 1864, after defraying current charges an mo-
ld/4hr all bad and doubtful debts, 196,570/. 18s. ld. ;
twl 206,0e91. 18.. 4d.”
The NAUMAN, in moving the adoption of the report and
lieu* said that notwithstanding the financial pressure of
alma few months, that company, in consequence of the
cif Precautions taken by the board, had sustained no serious
V• There were four concerns whose bill' they formerly
W which had failed to the outset of 4,500,0001. By the
tide' of those firms they might have au/Seined me-
liorable loss, but, owing to the early precautionary
*lola. be did not believe they would lose a thousand
Palk sad in spite of all difficulties they were enabled
Is (aide 16 percent. (Cheers.)
718 report cuss adopted, and the other business afterwards
keel of.

Two men who were identified as having taken
part in the disturbances. at Rochdale, on Saturday, were
yesterday sentenced by the local bench to pay a fine of 101,
each, with the alternative of two months' imprisooment.
Professor Gneist, the defender of the Poles in
the late prosecution at Berlin, has received from the ac-
cused in the first trial a magnificent silver epergne, repro.
seating at its base Wisdom and Justice supporting an es.
cutalmoo containing an inscription in Latin. Above rises a
column bearing a statue of Poland holding in its band •
flag, with some words in Polish. On the column are en-
graved the name of the 126 accused.
" A report is current," says a Berlin letter,
"that the Prince Royal of Hanover, who will enter on his
21st year in September next, is to marry his cousin, the
Princess Helena, Queen Victoria's third daughter. It is
said that this alliance will be finally concluded during the
Queen's visit to Germany in August next."
A letter from Naples says :—" The suppression
of mamas continua; without intermission, and the monks
expelled are sent to other houses of the same order. The
people are well pleased to see these spacious editfass appro-
priated to purposes of more immediate usefulness. The'
buildings of two recently suppressed have been converted
into aniostituto artistic*, a kind of reformatory or school
for the education of youthful criminals and vagrants, who
are very numerous here."
A Paris correspondent writes :—" We have just
had a singular instance of activity in official life. A go-
vernment official arrived here on Wednesday and left on
Sunday. He dined out four times, went to three theatres,
was present twice at Longchamps, and back at his green.
baize table at 10 o'clock on Monday morning. Such is the
energy of the Briton."
EARL DE GREY AND RIPON AT HUDDERSFIELD.
Yesterday the foundation stone of • mechanics' institution
at Lockwood, near Huddersfield, was laid by Earl de Grey
and Ripon with fall masonic ceremonial, in the presence of
a vast concourse of spectators. His lordship arrived in the
1 town by the train at 10 a.m., and was received by • guard
of honour, composed of 90 men of the 6th West Yorkshire
a (Huddersfield) Rifle Volunteer'. Subsequently • proem-
' sion was formed at the Masonic Hall, South Parade, •
large number of masonic lodges being represented, and
• ed the place where the eerecnoily was to be per.
=odd, to
where commodious platforms were erected for the
spectators. The banners of the muosic lodges, the flags of
the mechanics' institution, the dresses of the ladies, and
the uniforms of the riflemen, together with the large
assembly of masons in full masonic costume, reoderedg:
spectacle an extremely pleasing one.
Tax FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR. SAMUEL
LUCAS. -The funeral of Mr. Loess will take place at High-
gate Cemetery to-morrow' at half-peat twelve o'clock. A
cotemporary states that it will be agreeable to the family of
the demised gentleman if any of his political or literary
friends who may desire to pay • last tribute of respect to
his memory should be pr sent cm the mournful ocelsom.
A PRIME MINISTER IN TROUISLE.—A letter
from Hinnies' of the 12th Man* nays :-" Madagascar has
jest passed through • crisis the Jenne of which permits the
PROBABLE
yL:FDAT. 011 NORTHSCJI SATURDAY. hope of a favourabki arrangement of the pending difficulties.
Ind caw., comm. S.F.. v, S.W. and N.W., The former prime minister, who was animated with such a
moderate moderate to WOOL deep hatred of Earopeane, had endeavoured to recover
generally some showers. his position but failed. He was degraded and removed
„ _ on the rith February to Fort Abouitonta with ten of his
lease. "" '• " • WWI". N.W. " and °".r. slaves and one wife only. His other wives, thirty in num-
.,* to strong, to S. W., fresh or and handsome, had been married to thirty
14 in Places, strong, with rain In laar, all young.
ka places. Mains officers between whom the minister's immense wealth
"1wa:L....1M 15 somusas. Easterly to S.W., fresh, was divided. Being thus deprived of his property and
fresh with some showers. I boson= his return to power was thought to be impossible.
_ Hie enoceseor is better dposed teemed' European', and
.inek oe genfrau".ty: EAMES. Variable, modems so then an bops, arriving at arrangement with him.
11" k ream" ale.
I LONDON GENERAL °WRISTS COMPANY (Lnarnm).
ftiez.ro-Scousso. Westernwlreland, Wales, and ad*
howl, ~S"therii=lhillish Channel and Bay of Bluer. Traffic receipts for the week ceding 'April 16, 12,365/.
Lngleml. and North Sea. 10a. fid.

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