The Sun.
London, England, 1834-09-22 00:00:00

NATIONAL BANK OF IRELAND,

(From the Wexford Independent.)
On Monday last, pursuant to requisition, the inhabitants
of Enniscorthy held a public meeting in the market7house,
for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety
of establishing a branch of the National Bank in that town.
About 4 one o'clock the Portreeve, John F. NUNN, Esq.,
took the chair, who said, that a requisition most respectably
and numerously signed, having been presented to him, he
felt if his duty to call the present meeting, and he was
happy to find that it was so fully and respectably attendee.
Mr. J. REYNOLDS, who attended as the secretary and
representative of the London Board of Management, having
beeerequested to read the prospectus (which we published
in a`former number) complied with the desire of the meet-
ing, and appeared to afford general satisfaction. He then
proceeded to congratulate the assembly on the presence of
their chief magistrate, whose co-operation, he felt, would be

in itself almost a guarantee of the success of the undertak-
ing,--(Hear.) He must also express to that gentleman
the high sense he entertained of the courtesy he (Mr. R.)
received at his hands, and the promptitude with which be
complied with the wishes of the inhabitants. He hailed
the present meeting as the forerunner of that happy desi-
deratum—sectarian amalgamation—without which the
'country never could arrive to that eminence in the commer-
cial world for which God and nature so eminently fitted
her. He was told in England that Irishmen never pull to-
gether—that no project could ever succeed where, there
was one part of the community divided against another :
and.that there was no probability of uniting all classes on
any one question—no matter how advantageous it might be
'to the common interests.—(Hear.) Unhappily, their former
dissentions furnished grounds for such an accusation ; but
`he would point to the meeting that day, as the opening of a
-brighter and happier era. The requisition, in the present
case, was one of the most respectable that ever emanated
from the town of Enniscorthy—embracing sixty-eight
-names, thirty-four of which were Protestant, and the other
half Roman Catholics—(Loud cheering)—which pro-
claimed, trumpet-tongued, that all former bickerings were
forgetten—for there was nothing to be forgiven—and that
"a long pull, and a strong pull, and a pull altogether had
commenced for the common good of all classes.—(Hear.)
The Bank of Ireland has become so prosperous that the
poor man is completely excluded from becoming a share-
holder in that establishment—the original shares being now
upto 224/. each. The Provincial Bank, too, which was
established in 1825, is exclusively Scotch or English.—
(Hear, hear.) He never spoke ill of the Provincial Bank,
ner.Should he do so now. It has rendered much good to
the county—and he, hoped it would continue to prosper ;
for without it, we should at this time of day have arrived at
a-system of barter—(Hear, and cheers.) But then it was
exclusively in the hands of the English and Scotch ; and he
would ask were the Irish always to remain excluded from

the- advantages which a participation in banking speculation
held forth ? The shares of the Provincial Bank, which
originally cost 25/., were now up to 47/. 10s.' or 92 per
cent.--And this great increase of capital has taken place

since 1825. However, he was happy to see the Irish public '
at length opening their eyes to their own interests ; and it
was not the least of the inducements held forth to join the
present undertaking, when we see such men as Lord Dun-
cannon, Mr. Vigors, M.P., and other Irish proprietors
giving it their sanction and co-operation.—( Hear, hear.)
One of the arguments used against the present institution
was the want of patriotism in the managers for connecting
themselves with Englishmen. The blockheads who rail
thus, should remember that every nation in Europe feel a
pride in being more or less identified in a commercial point
of view with England. He (Mr. R.) contended, that the
establishment of Banks on a wholesome and solid basis,
would give a stimulus to industry ; promote the interests of
the agricultural, commercial, and manufacturing classes ;
and invite fresh capital from the sister country. England
has grown immeasurably wealthy under the system—Scot-
land, with a small population, and a comparatively barren
soil, was prosperous and happy, the consequence of her
banking system. But Ireland was a soil far superior to
either--was sunk to the very depths of human poverty and
wretchedness. One country was barren and wealthy, the
other fertile and miserable.—(Cheers.) But to come to
the subject matter of the Bank itself. Some of the first
capitalists in England, Men of great mercantile experience,
propose to subscribe a million of money, and to enter into
partnership with any town that will create a capital of 10
or 20,0001., as the case may be—the London Board ad-
vancing a similar sum, which would entitle them to half the
net profits. They will have the right of appointing the
manager ; but the election of the directors rests with the
local shareholders themselves ; and it will be their own fault
if they do not select men who will honestly and zealously
discharge their duty. Each branch would be distinct from
the other, and totally irresponsible for each other's con-
cerns, but the London: Board will be responsible for all.
In fact, if ever there was a mercantile speculation guarded
against any probable contingency of loss, it was this. Now,
if cautious Scotchmen, quite ignorant of the country,
could, in,a few years, make 92 per cent., what was to be
expected 'from the present undertaking, with which Irish-
men of all classes were identified in feelinn• and interest. He
hoped, however, that the Provincial Bank would always
last.—(Hear and cheers.) He would not do justice to an
influential and important body of men, if he did not bear
testimony'to the benefits which accrued from that undertak-
ing. But he thought Irishmen were as fully capable of
superintending banking transactions as either English or
Scotchmen. Mr. Reynolds sat down amidst general cheering.

Mr. P. BOLGER, in proposing the second resolution, said
that he had carried on trade for the last five-and-twenty
years in the town of Ehniscorthy—in which he expended
considerable sums of money—but there was not a day that
inconvenience and difficulties were not thrown in his way
for the want of a local bank.—(Hear, hear.) He did his
business in the Provincial Bank at Wexford, since its in-
stitution ; but although. he found the manager, Mr. Baird,
always accommodating,.and had placed considerable trust in
him (Mr. B.), nevertheless he, in common with his fellow
townsmen, felt the disadvantage of not having a local
branch in the town. It was not, therefore, out of any spe-
cies of opposition that he joined in the undertaking, but for
the benefit of his native town and the community at large.
A vote of thanks was then passed to Captain Nunn,
when that gentleman expressed himself pleased with the
approbation of his fellow-townsmen ; and he said he would
be' always happy to accord with their wishes. The meeting
then separated.

REVISING BARRISTERS' COURT.

BOROUGH OF FINSBURY.

On Saturday Mr. 6andys and Mr. Chapman attende
at White Conduit House to finish the revision of the list of
voters for the borough of Finsbury.

ST: GILES'S PARISH.

On the list of voters for St. Giles's parish being sub-
mitted to Mr. Sandys, the Vestry Clerk observed that a
local Act was passed some years ago which made the land-
lords of houses rated: under 301. a year liable to the pay-
ment of the rates. The lists of persons qualified to vote
were prepared from the rate-books, in which the landlord's
names only appeared, and consequently the names of the
occupiers of the houses rated under 30/. a year were
omitted in the list of voters unless they claimed to have
their names placed in the list.
Mr. Sandys said that the tenants' names should have
been placed in the list of persons entitled to vote, and in-
quired if many persons had been omitted from the list ?
The Vestry Clerk .said that several had been omitted,
but- he thought in future it would be better to place their
names in the rate-book under the landlords' names, which
would prevent the omission of their names in the list.