The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-16 00:00:00

REPORT

By the directors to the proprietors of the North and South
Wales Brink, at their twentieth annual meeting, held at
the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool, 15th August, 1856.
The directors have pleasure in submitting to the proprietors
the following statement, showing the results of the operations
of the bank during the past year :
The nett profits of the bank for the year
ended 30th of June, 1856, after making
provision for bad and doubtful debts, in-
terest due to depositors, rebate of interest
on bills, and all other charges and
expenses
Out of these have been declared and paid
Iwo half-yearly dividends at the rate of 6
per cent. per annum each, viz :
For half-year ended 31st
December, 1855 £4,847 12 6
For half-year ended 30 th

June, 1856.. £4,R47 12 fi
Income taN paid by bank •. £ 646 6 6

.--.---£10,341 11 8

Leaving an undivided surplus of
It will be seen from these figures that the nett profits of the
bank, if entirely distributed amongst the shareholders, would
have enabled the directors to declare a dividend for
the year of 94 per cent., but they have deemed it best
to continue the dividend at its usual rate (six per
cent.), and to carry the surplus entirely to the credit of reserve
fund, the balance of which, according to last annual report.
amounted to £9,657 5 11
And surplus of the year as above stated ... 5,469 6 8
The rescrvo fund therefore will now
amount to.,

With regard to the position of the bank in other respects,
the directors have to report favourably. The business
transacted in the Principality has largely increased of late
years, and is still increasing, and its further development at
certain points appearing to the directors to be a legitimate
and desirable object, they established in the earlier part of the
present year a branch at /UM, the progress of which is
satisfactory. And on the first of last month they established
a branch at Knighton, in Radnarskin, in pursuance of arrange-
ments entered into with Messrs. Davies, Cranmer, Oliver,
and Green, whereby their business as private bankers at
Knighton was transferred to this bank on advantageous terms,
It has further to be stated that the active revival of building
operations at Birkenhead has already enabled the directors to
commence sales of land there at satisfactory prices.
The directors have to record, with sincere regret, the death,
since last meeting, of their esteemed colleague, Mr John Prys
Eyton, of Llanerchymor, one of the original shareholders of
the bank, and an earnest supporter of its interests, The
vacancy thus occasioned at the board, the directors have filled
up by the re-appointment of their former colleague, Mr. John
Ravenscroft,

The directors who g►o out by rotation this year, are Mr.
Richard Griffith, and Mr. Jamos Procter, both of whom are
eligible for re-election.

The Chairman then moved tho adoption of the reports
and

Mr. William Williams seconded the motion, which was
carried unanimously.
'Mr. E. G. Salisbury then moved that Richard Griffith,
Esq., and James Proctor, Esq., be re-elected.
Mr. W. Piere seconded the motion, Ws'
unanimously.

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A warm vote of thanks was then unanimously passed to
Mr. Rea, the general manager of the bank, and a like vote
to the other officers.

The Chairman having returned thanks for his re-election,
and some routine business having been transacted, the
meeting terminated with the usual vote of thanks to the
chairman for his conduct in the chair on that and on all

other occasions.

POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY

(BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD)
MORE WOMEN FIGHTS.—The eoufliais between females
through town seem rather to increase than abate ; far the
number who present themselves before the magistrates at
the police court diurnally is very considerable, and much,
time h lost by hearing the details. " Such things," it ap.
pears, " can he, and overcome us like a summer cloud,
without our special wonder; but the wonder is how it all
happens. Mr. Clough—not a bad authority on these points
--says, the fault is attributable to faurpenny beer. Other
philosophers say " the dog,star rages ;" and an unit of
humanity positively alleges, that the heat of the weather,
and one pair of hands is quite adequate to Bedlamise all
creation Townsend and the adjoining-street have, for
the last four or five days, been in a state of siege, in con.
sequence of the bombardment of the dwelling of one Kitty+
Jones by a party of the Hughes' The " difficulty" in thia
case arose about three months ago, but, like most other
" wars," neither the parties enraged in it, nor any one
else, could tell aught about it. The result, however, was
the destruction of divers doors, windows and other things,
consisting of sweeping brushes, washing crocks, teapots.
pokers, gridirons, and three-legged stools. "Now and
then" a head or an arm-..by pure accident, of course—got
squeezed between a paving-stone and the wall, and occa..
sionally an eye was closed up, or an ankle put out of joint
by the same process. Hostilities were brought to a close
on Thursday evening, by some half-dozen police constables.
who put the whole of the parties into the " coalhole," out
of which they emerged into the dock, and by a system of
transibr known only to the police, they were removed
from the latter in the " black caravan," and this vehiele,
in a sweeping trot, deposited them at the door of the new
jail a t Walton. The governor of that benevolent institution
will take care of them for the next three months, during
which time peace has been proclaimed in the regions of
Westmoreland-street, and the streets lying and being
situate, and so forth, thereunto belonging.
MORE MAD CONDUCT.—A respectable-looking young
man, who was dressed as an officer of a ship, and who gave
his name as Evan Salisbury. was charged by two young
women, named Mary Anne Wilson and Margaret Williams,
with tearing and damaging their clothes—the one to the
extent of los., the other to 9 61. From the evidence of
the girls, it appeared that they had been net rather late,
having spent the evening with a friend, who had just come
St,
from Australia, and will. it Seemed, had brought home
more money than discretion. Tney were going along
Paul's churchyard, when the prisoner rushed out of et
passage, secured both, arid tore their clothes to pieces.
One lost a mantle worth 95. 61., and the other had her
w
hsiladwnloatngclivdernestshe prisoner
y to the
provocation am on n t o
deteriorated
hf la2tse.verTh, nor had they ever seen him before to recognise him. In reply"
to the charge, the prisoner said one of the girls had stolen
half a crown from him, but this was positively denied.
Mr. Mansfield obierved, that many people seemed to be
going mad altogether, judging from their conduct. Hs
ordered the prisoner to pay the amount of damage dope,
or to be imprisoned for 4 days. The amount was at woo
paid, and the prisoner discharged.
MOHR STADRINQ.--.A.S a sequel or supplement to the
above, Raise Anne Carr was put forward, on a charge of
having stabbed Anne Cusac, who resides In a court off
Banistre street. It appeared in this ease, that "beer"
was the decided cause of the affair. The prisoner and the
presecutrix's daughter. and some other women, were
engaged in a drinking boat," and some quarrel followed.
The woman who was stabbed, however, did not mix in the
" spree, as " she was out at work. On her return home
in the evening, she was attacked by the prisoner, who,
after repeated assaults, stabbed her in the forehead in a
dangeio
•us manner with a knife. The prisoner was fully
committed for. trial.

—Robert Hartz, a sailor, who lodged with Thomas
.S.
Snowden at 27, Parkslane, was charged with having
dangerously wounded him, by stabbing him with a fork
in the chest and arm. It appeared that the parties were
not quits sober on Thursday, and that a dispute arose
between them about some money due by Hartz to the
complainant—the latter offering to detain some clothes,
whereon the prisoner took up a fork and stabbed corn-.
flainant in the chest, and two places in the arm, inflicting
serious wounds. 11c1 was fully committed for trial.]