The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-19 00:00:00

ViOVIIVCIAL BANK OFIitEbAND.

At a meeting of the Provinciai Bank of Ireland, bold
yesterda,v, the dividend declared was at the rate of 8 per
cent., wit h a bonus of 4 per cent., and the report an d
accounts ~ vere unanimously adopted. Tue chairman
(Sir J. W. .Fiogg) referred to the satisfactory prog
dressitua-
of
business, prii lcipally caused through the improve s
tion of Irelaml, and illustrated by statistics the diminu-
tion that has rce ently taken place in the pauper popula-
tion. The advaclee in the value of agricultural and
farming stock, :tut; the increased demand for land avail-
able fur occupation, were also quoted in proof of the
great amelioration in the social condition of the country.
Annexed is an abstract of the accounts :
" STATEMENT OF Trig laSULTS OF LAST YEAR'S BUSINESS.
The account submitted iv last meeting, in £ 8. d.
May, 1853, showed the rest, or undivided
I profits, at the 26th of AlaYch, 1853, to be 132,147 15 5
Out of which there was pai,d to the pro-
prietors a bonus of 4 per (Wit. at Mid-
summer, 18:,0
____—_________

Balance 110,54715
And there has been further deducted the
amount of two half-yearly dividends,

viz. :
At Midsummer, 1853. 221,600
At Christmas, 1853 21,600
--- 43,200 a 0
Together
_______ ___—

LeNVIDg of the rest of last year a balance of 67,347 15 5
To which there has since been added the
net profit for the year ending the 25th
of March, 1854, aftir deducting pi operty-
tax, and all expenses, and providing for
all bad and doubtful debts 77,970 14 6

Making th© amount of rest, or undivided
profits, at the 25th of March, 1851

Out of which a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per
annum and a bonus of 4 per cent. is declared, clear of pro-
perty-tax."

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Sharavogue
EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF SOMNAMBULISNI.—A woman
Catherine Hayes 4 0 0 I
Pantoime
Diked f
Lancaster 3 0 0 Royal Humane Society under the following circum•
Jack Frost 3O 0 stances :—lt appears that the officers of the Royal
0 Humane Society had retired tarest about three-quarters
Inder
Leopold
led
Nlentwore Lass 4 0 0 'Williams, the superintendent of the society, was
sta:nee
Sphylix
"Filbert
*Calihan 3 0 0 state of excitement, that there was a woman in
*Coup d'Etat 3O 0 petithie drowning. Mr. Willi;:inwsaryu.
*Poodle
Talfourd.
Baalbec
wdown the shore,
i Waterside,
St. Spiro
Little J.ick4:oebeedtaAbtt_eonri.etnh,e out dose
trees, .•
a 0 0 where cries fur help were i o'4-
Sir Peter
_,
Williams
water,could
Newbold
Shuntit.g
Her cries ceased, and the
just distinguish a portion of a woman's form, 30 yards
Masarooi ... .
Lady Flora
,b f by Verulam— came up, and the boatman
womanof
tune.was
rtthhe.
Jennala
,b
ingAdtiretheitsedmhoymiseinrt.
Waterfall
3 0 0 water
Mortimer
loss
Ariosto
ain t
thHeytdime-epaprekr,fecatnldy.
placed in a
Nutpecker 4 0 0 insensible. Dr. Christian, the society's medical officer,
fby Don John-- , attended the unfortunate woman the greater part of
My Dear
Sweetness
Mr. Sykes
in Lowndes-square,
Pancake 5
iiihvei' left her:l'Aghtsbri' ige'and, while in a state of somnambulisin,
house, and walked into the water of the
Theodine ........ - 5
serpentine, where she was noticed by Mr. and Mrs.
Smith, servants of the deputy-ranger of the park, who
forthwith gave the alarm, and thereby saved her from
a watery grave.