The Express.
London, England, 1860-08-20 00:00:00

BANK OP AWIPBALA.II4.-(PHI3 DAY).

The half yearly lingaiiis of the proprietors was
bold et ens o'clock. at this hash, 4, Threadneedle-street ;
Xr T. M. HOIDESISOX is the chur.
The nocanrear teed thefellowing report of the directors:
le their hat awed overt, the directors adverted to the
exhalent eta same mariesty pressure in the A uatrellun
wriesia The aisle if the eras were then chiefly
SO et Melheerser bat subsequent adrices brought
atellpatis that fljiel sad the Hunter River district
were suffer* is an equel, if nut • greater degree. The
has eeseante, however, afford strong indicatioa of •
dinielikaii the , and a grades/ revival of credit.
The lame which have been sustained by the bank,
dart ug the cite., *Mt directors are happy to say, are
emend by the reserve set apart to meet such -oontingencies.
While lade Anninnlin has experienied one of those
shwas imaideatal to all commercial communities, the
areal= have the matielaetioe to state that other
'amnia imam prommeas. Agricultural, sad especially
pastered pumette, have been highly remuneistive ; gold
egmeaffsas are pursued with energy sad perseverance ; and
sad public aura are rapidly eading. The
Eraser olytheut. whicheonddeea
colouiee are, theorextetieed=
hose shays saprossed in the remerees of Australia, and
the ealierprise ut the eulogist.. The repulse received frees
the nareers of breaches convey usurer/me 4 the said
and legitimate character of current tranimerniume, and
of the high position which the bank ceatinuee
to maintain ia the couldence of the public.
The directors have aqua notch pleasure is ackaowled7-
log the valuable sena= Hr. ll'Arthur' the entityofficersaperiuteudent, aperietendent, and of the other officers of the bask, to
whom great credit is due for their prudent eali
of the business, during aperiod of no ordinary elty.
It is out the practice at this period of the year to prenet
account/1 to the proprietors ; it wily remain., therefore, teethe
directors to state that oawithataiding those circumstaness
to which they hare alluded in former report*, and the
general influence of which is to diminish the prate of
banker; is Australis, it is their intention to declare the
dividend for the half-year at the rate of 6per Lunt. per
annum, or 245. per share, with a bonus at the rate of 61
per curet. per annum, or Bk. per share, free of Meow* tax,
being at the rate of 121 per cent per annum, payable us
Tuoslay, the lath October nat."
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the
report,
sail that at the WC yearly meetings it rarely happened
that the heard bad anything kaput mut to lay before the pro-
prietors, and that ono formed oo exception. The most-
itr• was not naceemn'y held wider the eherha but the
holdiog of it was a concearre to the wish et the proprie-
tors. Look* hark at the de months alike had ekpesd
since the last meeting he would observe that the affairs of
the hank had bees generally salialestery. Data, that
period the two great subjects whisk had oesspied the alias.
lion of the board were, Ind, the arlastkes off the eapeams
of nimagement more particular! yef 1:0101‘11111•8=8.1 ;
sessally, the roductia of the soma for beak
premiss., which had attained very pent agoitada Up to
the period whim geld was dammed the dolisial eapseire
could nut fairly be ebjeeted to. But awe rtes •
very pea cause afterwards. The dimoverise
aturafly produeed • comiderable of
lie pewee of all c?rumoditiss, aad the onneearesee
was that the company . alma in the colonies, who had
bens suflicieutly paid under the former stated things, found
their salaries quite inadequate to their ealmistence. Added
to that was the we:essay which stow fur estahlishieg •
number id epoxies at the gold dieginp, and setting np sew
branches in district& where • large population had ma-
mulated. In this way • very large ailment of sow
expenditure was forced upon the beak. A considerable
proportion of that expenditure was act of a
character, mad ea the natural operation of aad de-
mand was now lading to the reduction of exposes to their
former level, or nearly au, the court thought thetas War.
rived for making a vqrorous attempt to effect reduction., which
might be ezpoded to tell very much on future pieta.
Some time ago they transmitted their views to the
=in the c010n..., and they now looked forward to
ble improvement in that department. It would be
premature to enter into details, but if the
were able to do all that they expactol the result ?r= !
very favourable in regard to future prohts. As to the
amount of the account for bank premises, it would he no-
I cell...curd that no meeting during the last two three years
had taken place without &wee expressions of regret at the
'magnitude of that account sod a reference to the
enonasug efforts it the court to reduce it,
and thaw wain el &lady thrash the es teueion 01
banana sad the sineast of SOW 111114Clun. Taking
Mr. Venom's pen aean is this iatry,tbe dii -
Ittel
sully bean bpd in eerier deliberation' with
hag en the sans* sad the cosenproce was that eons
thee so asigestiess were scut oat to the colonies,
which it was hoped would not only prevent the extension,
bat lead te a redaction, of this acs.•ount. lima( the
pest six amass the beanie. of the beak ta the
abodes had prooessied quits to the satisfaction of the
emit. They had suffered and es:maenad to suffer
amok from the severe competition, and the pie meat of
interest ou deports, sad tbe restricted Mama during the
pressure. bet the politica of the bank continued as high as
that of any bank in the colonise, and he affairs were so well
aseeged, that when peel tones came again, which
he hoped would not be loug, they would be is •
aunties to reap their full share of the ad
As regarded the storm which had hoes sweeping =tire
coluanes this year, he had hut Mamh stated that • very
metre proems exerted in Melbourne and that though many
large failures had taken place, no loss had been suffered by the
bask. Subeequently the pressure b..d e %tended to Sydney sod
other pares, and although it was impossible that a large
comers like this could, under rich iircurostancee, escape
en lively, ,he nag happy to say that their km bad

Stock on hand tkla day ... .seele
Delivery lest week
Ditto from lit Jane
Arrival Let week_

11.
1.1110
17,1181
1,633
111,614
480. OIL
OK OIL

111.1116
1,1116
11,IN
1,474
Kell
144. ed.
144. 9i

11 tto from Ist hum
Prk• Y. 17. per cwt. this day
Ditto Town lag Mess

"MU
1.
1%874
4.1111
RAS
Rs. M.
Ns. M.

Arrival for the week merlin leth et AIWAIa Imi Pww, dlk
mks, sad delivery 1.707 web. The arrival MA week emearised
•N 4 mar hoc• dßPetweberg, 111 tame South America, aad
n from other places. Toad. ON swim

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.

(TIIIB DAY,)
We have a eonsiderable humus In the supply of heists,
and in consequence trade le heavy ; prices are rather lower,
bat there W not much reduction in choicest kinds. Thew;
are also several more sheep, the avenge quality Is, however,
very Indifferent. Bid descriptions are not lower, sad a fair
shames la aided. Prom Gonnany and Holland than
are 1,650 bees* 6,000 asap, and 161 aim; llosekrid, 5
lamas ; Ireland, 300; Norfolk and SOO ; and 1,600
bona the Northman sad NkNand oounaliaa

Par staa;.;i Ma ad.a d. Per dor et Mk a& & &
Dad fiee4a Dad& 611 6 4 awl DeaDitiodsid
11404111aw&Datus t eI I lor6lda.weala.... It 4 6 I
dam& quid. berg 60 4 4 Da. do. Monk
Calves
Pip
Data Elt.breds 4 10 lambs
'daft tridgek 4,070: Moo ma S. 17.600 War.
ISO; Pio. M.

BOROUGH HOP MARKICT.—{THIN DAY.)
News. Patteoden and Smith report that tie market
is fully 10s. per cwt. dearer than on Saturday. Amounts
very bad. Duty 60,00 W., with but few in favour.

COAL MARBET.-(TILD3 DAY.)
wa. End Broadyll's Haltom, 17s. 9d.; With End
south Hartlepool, 17.. 3d.; Will. End South Durham,
16. 9d.; WalL End Thorpe, 17s. 6d.; Ni'.xon Merthyr,
19a 6d. ; Myles. 16.. ; Davidiaa's Hartley, 16s. ;
riartley, W.—Ships s$ witastat, 21.

YORK.-(THI8 DAT.)

1T ILIICTIIC

A =MD. —Grenadier, Veda, Viadet, Pradeace, Fran-
foot, Gardener, Sarnpaon, Hepatica, Vaaralak, aad Treat.

HOMILS COMPOI7NDILD TOIL BY LANDLORM. —Par-
liamentary returns. issued this morning, show the number
of houses compounded for by landlords in each of the cities
and boroughs of England and Wales. The grand total in the
metropolitan boroughs of houses of the annual value of 6/.
is 3,745 ; of 71., 3M02 ; of Mt, 7,592; of 91., 4,865 ; of 101.
sad upwards, 51,496. The number of persons on the par-
hunentary register of 1659 and 1860 in revert of the com-
pounding of such houaes was 6,160. For the rest of the
cities and boroughs of England and Wales the number of
houses compounded for by landlords of the annual value of
61. is 80,633; of 71., 64,071 ; of 81., 26,990 ; of 91., 21,181;
sod of 101. and upwards, 38,495.

FATAL R• aw • Y Aix-was:T. —Th morning a
child named Anal. Elsa Hansfunt expired In Guy's ne-
pital, having. no the previous night, met with a hightfal
accident oe the Londe. and Brighton Railway. The deceased
lived with her parents at Mouth gale, tipper
Norwood. Yesterday mooning a young lady friend of the
family obtained ion to take the child to London to
spend the day with a mutual friend. On returning they
took the last train to Norwood, and arrived is safety until
near Anerley station, when the deceased leant against owe
of the doors, which immediately Sew open, and the peer
little child fell out of the carnage backwards on to the Rae.
The chill wan found, stmere to any, still dive, altitcontli
part of the train had passed over her.