The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-05 00:00:00

I ANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.—The Court of Directors
hezeby give notice, that a HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND at the rate
'4 six per cent. per annum on the capital of the Bank, will be pay-
able to the proprietors of shares registered in this country, on and
after the sth day of January next, at the office of the Corporation, No.
7. St. Helen's-place, Bishopsgate-street, between the hours of Ten
and Four.
No transfer can he made between the 15th instant and the sth
Proximo, as the books mu:t be closed during that period.
By order of the Court.
A. GRAHAM DUNLOP, Secretary.
No. 7, St. Helen's-place, London, 2d December, 1856.

THE LONDON and WESTMINSTER BANK
issues CIR—IIL AR N')TES of 101. each, payable at every
ethey artant prelacecished abr in Europeoad. Thesefree of Nocommission. tes are issued
The withoßank also
ut charge,
d!
ies.l tee of charge, LETTERS of CREDIT on all the principal cities
Torrns ,n Europe.
City Office, Lothbury.
Westminster Branch, , St. James's-square.
Bloomsbury Bran h, 214, High Holborn.
Southwark Branch, 3, Wellington-street, Borough.
Eastern Branch, 87, High-street, Whitechapel.
Maxgrlebone Branch, 4, Stratf •rd-place, Oxford-street.
Temple-bar Branch, 217, Strand.
the rate of interest allowed on deposits of 5031 and upwards, at
—`v flank or any of its Branches. is now 54 `•
Per cent.
J. W. GILBART, General Manager.

ITROPOLITA.N SALOON OMNIBUS
COMPANY.
tROTHRE SHAREHOLDERS,
..,"Ur Secretary, W. R. Pope, Esq., begs "to give to the
"`4,tements of our Director, A. H. St. John O'Neill, Esq., his
Intlualified denial."
That is, we have the word of W. R. Pope, Esq., against
Mat of A H. St. John O'Neill, Esq.—nothing more.
What does W. R. Pope, Esq., deny ?
_ That our Director, Mr. O'Neill, " seconded a motion by
Other director that no person should sit at the Board who
bas not a bona fide qualification ?"
~, proof, certainly, that there are such directors at our
That one of those directors was then present, who had bar-
rained to receive 1,000 shares, and others who were to receive
1.00 for the use of their nam.es ?
.That another " salaried officer has bargained with himself"
to receive 2,700 paid up shares ?
That the patentee is to have 7,000 shares ?
That persons who have no official responsibility are put
,Prominently forward in the management of the Company's
business, such as it is—being the exhibition of one omnibus
---here, there, and everywhere, at an expense of 3/, per day ?
That attacks on public or private characters are paid for
Company's funds ?
her Shareholders. —I ask a plain question, does our
M'etary deny these charges made by our Director ?
Not at all. He tells us, not that Mr. O'Neill did not ad-
Z"se such statements, but that he "denied any connection
lth certain posters" in which they had been reprinted ; and
e us that Mr. St. John O'Neill " had paid on Friday after-
-1,14°°11 the deposit on 100 shares to the Company's Bank, thus
ring his favourable opinion of the undertaking."
Wes Mr. W. R. Pope not know that this money. was paid
rre the meeting of that day? That its not been
long previously shows the anomalous condition of the
.41rection ? for Mr. A. H. St. John O'Neill's name has appeared
•,_1)°11 it for some weeks previously ; —and that it was subse-
lipt to that meeting of Friday, and on Friday evening, that
tis; 4. R. St. John O'Neill " personally" inserted that adver-
ent in the newspapers.
bien Mr. W. R. Pope has explained these facts, and a new
rection has been formed, it will be ti lie for us to look
Ztther into the management of our business and the expen-
4r° of our money