The Express.
London, England, 1866-07-26 00:00:00

matt.
Mr. Galt has announced that he will not alter any
of the material propositions in his intended tariff

province there is to be a responsible govern-

arllaanalswa.
The banks have offered to loan the government
five millions of dollars.

TELEGRAMS BY THE ATLANTIC CABLE.
(THIS DAY.)

The following telegram has been received by
Reuter's Telegram Company (Limited), at 12.27
p.m. Julr 26, from Mr. R. A. Glass,
director a the Telegraph Construction managing
Main-
tenance Company (Limited) :
(Ceasing to Glaas, On board the Great Eastern, July 26,

11.20 a.m., Greenwich time.)

We are now in 130 fathoms soundings, and 80
miles from rendezvous ship off Trinity Bay. All
going well. Weather foggy, but calm.
VALENTIA, JOLT 26..

The following was received from the Great East-
ern at 4 a.m. this day :—" Anderson to Glass.
Have desired the Albany to proceed in
to make the station ship or land and
return to lead us in. Should the weather
become clear she would be back to us by 8 p.m.
With a few hours clear weather we could establish
with our convoy a line of ships to lead mg in even
with fog. I anticipate a clear day after so much
rain and fog."

UNION BANK OP IRELAND (LIMITED).
(THIS DAY.)

The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders took
place at noon at the London Tavern, Yr. K W. Win.
(mous in the chair.
The report said :—" The groin earnings for the put
half-year, after writing off all bad, and making provision
for doubtful debts, amount to 20,7991. Ils. 9d., sad after
deducting current expenses, interest paid and due on de
posit and current accounts, and rebate on bills discounted
not matured (which is now shown as • separate item
instead of being included in the amount osrried
forward as hitherto), there remains,a balance of 3,106/.
14s. Bd. to be carried to the new account. The directors
regret being unable, oo this occasion, to deplane a dividend,
but they feel convinced that the proprietors will approve
of the course they adopted, in anticipation of the crisis, of
strengthening the bank's enancial position, regardless of
profit. During the past half year branches has bean es-
tablished at Stuff and Kilmallock both in the county of
Limerick, and a sub-branch has been opened at Kansa,
in the same county, which is visited on market and fair
days."
The balance-sheet is as follows:
" Statement of Accounts to June 30, 1966.—Liabilities.
--Capital, 220,000/. ; deposit and current amounts, 3W,61361.
12s. Id. ; seven-day and other bills, tcc., 27,5511.. 18s. LI. •
reserve fund, 3,0001. ; rebate on bills diseounted no;
yet due, 2,0681. 16s. lid. ; balance of profit and loss, 3,1061.
14s. Bd. • making 5,1651. 11d. M.—total, 585,414/. le. 9d.
Assetel-Cash at London bankers', branches, and agents,
and lose on interest at call and short notice, 114,7021.
2s. sd. ; government and other securities, 16,4481. Os. sd. ;
bills discounted, balances due on current accounts,
423,9031. 16s. ; bank premises and furniture, 25,360/.
21. Ild. ; preliminary expenses, s,oool.—total, 585,4141.
le. 9d.
"Profit and Loss Account.—To charges at London and
branches, including directors' and auditors fees, rent,
salaries, Ste., 7,0391. 12a. Id. ; to interest paid and due on
deposit and current accounts, 11,159/. 16s. 9d , making
18,1991. Be. 10d. ; to rebate on bills discounted not let
due, 2,0581. 16s. 11d. ; to balance, 3,1061. 14e. Bd., making
5,1651. lls. 7(1. ; total, 23,3G5/. Os. sd. By balance
from last statement (inclusive of rebate), 2,5 m. Bs. Bd. ;
by gross profit for half-year to 30th June, after making
provision for bad and doubtful debts, 20,7991. Ils. 9d. ;
total, Z 3,365/. Os. 5d."
The CHAIRMAN said the deposit and current accounts
were strictly what they were allied and there were no
other liabilities ; and on the 30th of June one third of the
deposit and current accounts was available. The bank had
passed through the late crisis with comparative
ease, and had met all the demands made upon it
with the utmost readiness, while the board had
thought it best to strengthen themselves so as to
be able to meet any demand that might arise. A trial of
that kind was, in fact, an advantage to an institution like
that, as it showed that it was in a safe and sound position.
The bank was never in so safe a position as it was at that
moment. Up to the end of Apnl the progress made was
most satisfactory, the accounts amounting to 420,0001., and
as a result of public confidence the amount was again
increasing. The prospects of the harvest in Ireland were
happily very satisfactory.
After some dimension the report was adopted.

The extensive shipbuilding establishment known
as Pile, Spence, and Company (Limited), Gj Hartlepool,
yesterday suspended payment. The company was formed
about twelve months ago, with a nominal capital of
500,0001., and the shareholders are resident principally
at Leeds, the Hartlepools, and Sunderland. The shares
are 201. each, of which, until a few weeks ago, when a
call of 31. was made, only 101. had been paid up. The
chairman of the company is Mr. Hartley, the member for
Sunderland.
There appears to be some prospect that the
Preston Banking Company, which recently stopped, will
resume business. Meeting' of the shareholders and of the
depositors were held yesterday, and statements were made
showing that the condition of the affairs of the establish-
ment was not so bad as bad been supposed, and a unani-
mous opinion in favour of the resumption of business was
expressed. The meetings were adjourned until Friday,
when a complete statement, it is hoped, will be ready for
presentation.
The Wesleyan Conference continues its sittings
in Leeds, and they have bean hitherto attended by an un-
usually large number of ministers and laity. This morn-
ing the election of President for the ensuing year will take
place. and, although several candidates are mentioned, the
general belief is that the Rev. W. Arthur will be selected.
Yesterday morning before the day's labours
were commenced, three men were suffocated while passing
through one of the workings at the Clwyr oodpit near
Burnley.
The government have just forwarded to Captain
Moir, of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship
Tamar, a gold chronometer, with an inscription expressing
the high sense entertained of his gallant conduct in towing
the West India and Pacific Steam Company's ship Euro-
pean out of the harbour of Colon on the 3rd of April
last, during the explosion of nitro-glycerine, which de-
stroyed many lives, and jeopardised the town and all sur-
rounding property.
The Bishop of New Zealand has been visiting
the famous gold district of Otago. In an address to the
inhabitants there his lordship said : " You have even the
pleasure of classical allusions and associations. You have
your Mount Ida ; and I was really delighted by it to be
reminded both of Homer and of Virgil. Tennyson, too,
says—' Oh ! mother Ida ! many-fotmtain'd Ida.' Another
classical allusion may be suggested. At Mount Ida, one is
reminded of .Eneas landing in Italy, and finding on the
highway the sow with her thirty farrow, which fixed the
site of Alba Longs. That no doubt entered into the
thoughts of the surveyor who named the streams that flow
from your Meant Ida, and which are called Hogburn, Sow-
burn, Pigburn, and so on."—{laughter.)
A Vienna letter of the 21st says :—" The Grand
Duke of Ham arrived here this morning by the Western
Railway. His royal highness was received at the station
by the Minister for Reese Darmstadt and the Aide-de.
Camp of the Emperor Francis-Joseph. The Grand Duke
alighted at the Imperial Palace, where he immediately
after received a visit from the Emperor."
The Frankfort Journal of the 22nd has the fol-
lowing:—" Some members of the medical staff who have
returned from Aschaffenburg state that there are in that
town more than 3,000 prisoners and wounded of the Bth
Corps of the federal army, 2,0(X) being Austrians. Jean
Rouge, founder of the German catholic church, was
arrested on the 9th, by order of the commander of the
place. On the following day he was informed that he had
been imprisoned in consequence of a condemnation by a
Prussian tribunal, and that he must undergo his punish-
ment. Bongs replied that he had not been condemned,
having been only summoned to appear before the Court of
Sawbuck on the 30th July."
The cholera reports from Amiens do not indi-
este mach amelioration ; on Sunday there were 33 deaths
and on Monday 40.
THE OYESA or " Fautrr."—The case of " Gye
v. Mapleson" came on yesterday at the Judges' Chambers.
It was mentioned in this paper a few days mime. The
present application was on tits part of Mr. Ulpleson, of
Her Majesty's Theatre, assinirt the plaintiff, Mr. Gye, of
the Royal Italian Opera Sousa, for an inspection of docu-
ments. The action was for, penalties for the performance
of Faust. Mr. Batten appeared for Mr. Vapleson, and
Mr. Hodgson for Mr. Gye. The parties agreed to an in-
spection, and Mr. Bramwell made an order.