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Ilustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings on

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PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

From the rota and Proceedings of the Howe of Commons )

TUESDAY, MARC-11 25.

ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ASSUMPTION BILL.
Order read for resuming adjourned Debate on Amend-
ment to Question (14th March), " That the Bill be now
read a second time ;" and which Amendment was, to leave
out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add
the words " upon this day six months:" Question again
proposed, " That the word now' stand part of the Question."
Debate resumed :—Question put. The House divided :

MAJORITY—AYES, 438.
Abdy, T. N. , Esteourt, J. B. B. Milner, W. M.
Aciand, Sir T. Euston, Earl Manes, R. M.
Adair, Hugh E. Evans, Sir De Lacy Milton, Viscount
Adair, R. Shaft° Evans, John Mitchell, T. A.
Adderley, C. B. Evans, William Moffatt, George
Alcock, Thomas Evelyn, W. J. Morgan, 0.
Anson, Colonel Ewart, William Morison„ Sir W.
Anson, Viscount Farnham, E. Norris, David
Arbuthnott, H. Ferrer, James Mostyn, E. M. L.
Archdall, Captain Fellowes, E. Mulgmve' Earl
Arkwright, George Fergus, John Mullings, J. R.
Ashley, Lord Ferguson, Sir R. Mundy, William
Bagge, W. Filmer, Sir E. Month, G. F.
Begot, Hon. W. Fitzpatrick, J. W. Neeld,John
Bagshaw, John Fitzroy, Henry Neeld, Joseph
Bailey, Joseph . Fitzwilliam, G. W. Newdegate, C. N.
Baillie, H. J. Foley, John H. Noel, Gerald J.
'Seines, M. T. Forbes, William Ogle, S. C.
Baird James ' • Fordyce, A. D. Ord, W.
Baldock, E. H. Forester, 0. C. Ossulston, Lora
Baldwin, Barry : Forster, Matthew Owen, Sir John
Bankes, George ' • Freestun, Colonel Peak C. W.
Baring, H. B. Frewen, C. H. Paget, Lord A.
Baring, Sir F. Fuller, A. E.. rage, Lord C.
Baring, Thomas Galway, Viscount Peking-ton, Sir J.
Barnard, E. G. Gallwey, Sir W. P. Painter, Robert
Barrington,Visemint Gaskell, J. M. Palmerston, Vis.
Barrow, W. H. Gilpin, R. T. Parker, John
Bass, M. T. Glyn, G. C. Patten, J. W.
Bateson, T. Goddard, A.L. Peel; Sir Robert
Beckett, W. Gooch, E. S. Peel, Colonel
Bell, Jacob Gordon. Admiral realm, A. D.
Benbow, John Gore, W. 0. Pennant, Hon. Col.
Bennet, Philip Gore, W. R. O. retract, R.
Beresford, William Gotilburn, Henry ' Polo. Samuel
Berkeley, Admiral Granby, Marquis Met, Sir Robert
Berkeley, Henry F. Greenali, Gilbert Pigott, Francis
Berkeley G. F. Greene, Thomas Plowden, W. H.
Berkeley, C. L. G. Grenfell, Ctiarles W. Plumptre, J. P.
Bernal, Ralph Grey, Sir G. Powlett. Lord W.
Bernard, Viscount Grey, Ralph W. Price, Sir R
Birch, Sir T. . Grogan, E. Prlnsep, H. T.
.
Blackstone, W. Grosvenor, Lord R. -rep, David
Blair, Stephen Guernsey, Lord litividon, Colonel
Blakemore, R. Guest, Sir John 'Reid, Colonel
Blandford, Marquis Gwyn, Bowel Rendlesham, Lord
Boldero, 11. George Hale, R. B. Trenton, J. C.
Booker, T. W. Halford, Sir IL Repton, G. W.
Booth, Sir R. G. Hall, Sir B. 'Rieardo, Osman
Bowles, Admiral Hall, Colonel Ricardo, Osman
Boyle, Colon& Hallyburton, Lord 'Rice, E. R.
Bramston, T. W. Hamilton, Geo. A. Rich, Henry
Brereridge, Richard Hamilton, J. H. Richards, Richard
Beim, M. Hamilton, Lord C. Rbbartes, T. J.
Broadley, Henry Hanmer, Sir J. Romilly, Colonel
Broadwood, H. Harcourt, G. Rinnilly, Sir John
Brocklehurst, John Hardcastle, J. A. Rhfford, Francis
Brockman, E. D. Harris, Captain , 'liiimbold, C. E.
Brooke, Sir A. B. Harris, Richard Rushont, Captain
Brotherton, J. Hastie, Alexander Russell, Lord John
Brown, H. Hastie, Archibald ' ISissell, E.
Bruce, C. L. C. Hatchell, John . Russell, F. C.
Bruen, Colonel Hawes, Benjamin Sanders, George
Buck, L. W. Hayes, Sir E. ' 'Sandars, Joseph
Bulkeley,Sir R. B. Headlam, Thomati ' Scott, F.
Buller, Sir Y. Heald, James Scrope, G. P.
Sunbury, William Heathcoat, John Seaham, Viscount
Bunbury, Edward Heneage, G. H. W. Seymer, H. K.
Burghley; Lord Heneage, E. • Seymour„Lord
Burroughes, li. Henley, J. W. ' Shaft°, R. D.
Busfeild, W. Berries, J. C. ' ; Sheridan, R. B.
Buxton, Sir E. Hervey, Lord A. Sibthorp, Colonel
Cabbell, B. B. Heywood, James Sidney, Alderman
Calvert, Frederic Hildyard, R. C. Blaney, R. A.
Campbell, W. F. Hildyard, T. B. T. Smith, J. A.
Carew, W. P. HindleyiCharles Smith, M. T.
Carter, John B. Hodges, T. L. , Smyth, John George
Caulfeild, J. M. Hodges, T. Twisden gmollett, A.
Cavendish, C. C. Hodgson, W.'N. ' Somerset, Captain
Cavendish, G.H. Holland; Robert ,Somerville. Sir W.
Cavendish, W. G Hope, H. T. Sotheron, T. IL S.
Cayley, Edward S. Hornby, John ' Spooner, Richard
Chandos, Marquis Horsman Edward : Stafford, A.
Chaplin, W. J. Hotham,:Lord' % ' -Stanford, J. F.
Chichester, Lord J. Howard, C. W. '-. ' Stanley, Edward
Child, Smith HoWard, E. G. Stanley, E. H.
Childers, J. W. Hudson, G. • Stanfield, W. R. C.
Christopher, R. A. - Humphery. Ald. Stanton,,W. H.
Christy, Samuel Inglis, Si R. Staunton, Sir G.
Clay, James Jackson, William Stephenson, Robert
Clay, Sic.W. ' Jermyn, Earl Stuart, Lord J.
Clerk, Sir G. Jocelyn, Viscount ' Stuart, H.
Clifford, H. M. Johnstone, Sir J.' t Stuart, John
Clive, R. H. Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Stun, Henry G.
Clive, H. B. • Jones, Captain Sutton, J. H.
Cobbold, J. C. Ker, Richard Thesiger, Sir F.
Cochrane, A. D. Kershaw, James Thicknesse, R. A.
Cockburn' Sir A. King, P. 3. Thompson, Colonel
Cocks, T. S. Knightley, Sir C. Thompson,'Alderman
Cole, 11. A. Knox, Colonel Thornely, Thomas
Coles, H. B. Knox, W. S. Tollemache, John
Collins, W. Labouchere, Henry Townley, R. G.
Compton, H. C. Lacy, H. C. Townshend, Capt.
Conolly, Thomas Langston, J. H. Valli, George
Copeland, Ald. Lascelles, W. S. Trevor, G. R.
Corry, H. Lawley, B. R. Trollope, Sir J.
Cotton, W. 11. Legh, G. C. Tam% Henry
Cowan, Charles Lemon, Sir C. Turner, G. J.
Cowper, W. F. Lennard, T. B. Tyler, Sir G.
Craig, Sir W. G. Lennox, Lori A. Tynte, Colonel
Cubitt, William Lennox, Lord G. H. Tyrell, Sir J.
Curteis, 11. M. Lewis, Sir T. Verner, Sir; W.
Dalryinple, Captain Lewis, G. C. Verney, Sir H.
Darner, Colonel Lewisham, Viscount Vesey, Thomas
Dashwood, G. 11. Lindsay, Colonel Villiers, Viscount
Davies, D. A. S. Littleton, E. It. 'Villiers, Charles
Deedes, W. Lockhart, A. E. Vyse, R. H.
Denison, Edmund Lockhart, W. Waddington,:David
D'Eyncourt, C. T. Long, W. Waddington, 11. S.
Disraeli, B. . Lopes, Sir Ralph Wakley, Thomas
Divett. Edward Loveden, Pryse Walpole, Spencer
Dod, J. IV. Lowther, Colonel Walter, John
Dodd, G. Lowther, Henry Watkins, Colonel
Douglas, Sir C. E. Lygon, Gen. Spawn, J. T.
Douro, Marquis of Mackenzie, W. F.
Drumlanrig, Vis. Mackie, John Wellesley, Lord C.
West, F. R.
Drummond, Henry Mackinnon, W. A. Westhead, J. P.
Duckworth, Sir J. Macaghten, Sir E. Wigram, L. T.
Duke, Sir James M'Gregor, John Williams, John
Duncan, Lord M'Taggart. Sir 3. Williams, W.
Duncan, George Mahon, Viscount Williamson, Sir H.
Duncombe, A. Mandeville, Vis. Willoughby, Sir H.
Duncombe, 0. Mangles, R. D. Wilson, James
Duncuft, John Manners, Lord C. Wilson, Matthew
Dundas, Admiral Manners, Lord G. Wodehouse, Edmund
Dundas, George Manners, Lord J. Weed, Sir Charles
Dundas, Sir David March, Earl of Wood, w. P.
Da Pre, C. George Marsh,ll, J. G. ' Worcester, Marquis
East, Sir J. B. Marshall, W. Wortley, J. S.
Ebrington, Viscount Martin, C. W. Wyld, James
Edwards, Henry Masterman, John Wynn, H. W.
Egerton, W. T. Matheson, A.
Wynn, Sir W.
Ellice, Edward
Matheson, Sir J. wyyni, M.
Ellice, E., Jun. Matheson, Colonel Yorke, E. T.
Elliot, J. E. Maxwell, Hon. J. P. TILLERS.
Einlyn, Viscount Meux, Sir Henry Ilayter, W. G.
Enfield, Lord Miles, P. W. S. Hill, Lord M.

NATIONAL BANK OF IRELAND.
A special general meeting of the proprietors in this
bank was held on Monday afternoon, at the offices, 13,
Old Broad-street. There was a very numerous attend-
ance of proprietors.
Mr. OMMANNEY proposed that Mr. Ruding, a direc-
tor, should be voted to tho chair.
Mr. MURRAY said it was his intention to have made

that motion himself, and in seconding it he would merely
state, that the board had appointed him (Mr. Murray)
to take the chair on this occasion some time pre-
viously, as he had paid close attention to the
different subjects which had come under the attention of
the meeting; but as he found that some personal question
affecting himself might arise in the course of the pro-
ceedings, he had thought it prudent to decline presiding
over the meeting.—(Hear, hear.) He hid no doubt Mr.
Ruding would conduct the proceedings with the greatest
fairness and impartiality.—(Cheers.)
The motion was then unanimously agreed to.
The SECWAIIT then read the requisition calling the
meeting.
Mr. RIMING said he would take the chair, in obedience
to the wishes of the meeting, though be thought Mr.
Murray was in every respect better qualified than him-
self for that important and arduous post.—(Hear.)
Mr. OTLAHERTI, M.P., then tendered his resignation,
and read a letter stating his reasons for doing so were,
that his Parliamentary and other duties prevented his
filling, with satisfaction to his own feelings, the office
of director, the duties of which he thought might be
more efficiently performed by a mercantile man.
The CMAIRMLN observed, that in receiving the re-
signation of the Hon. Gentleman, it was quite unneces-.
sary for him to bear testimony to the upright conduct of
their friend Mr. O'Flaherty, who had always conducted
himself with the greatest impartiality and affability as a
director, and he and all his brother directors were ex-

tremely'sorry to lose his valuable services.—(Cheers.)
Mr. MAUER, M.P., said, in handing in his resigna-
tion, he begged leave to be allowed to make a few ob-
servations. He never solicited to become a director of

the Bank, but joined it at the special request of Mr.
O'Connell, the late governor—(Hear)—who, at the
time, considered that his (Mr. Maher's) position as a
Member for a very influential county, in which he pos-
sessed considerable property, might be of advantage to
the Bank ; and, of course, every one who knew him
must be aware that he would readily comply with
any-request coming from Mr. O'Connell.—(Loud
cheers.) He had now been connected with
the bank seven years, and during the whole of that
period he had very seldom attended the board meetings
—in fact, he might say, he was something like the feather
in the officer's cap, nothing more than a kind of orna-
ment.—(Laughter.) He could describe himself in no
other way, and he believed if they referred to the books
of the bank, they would find that all the fees he re-
ceived for his attendances as a director, did not amount
in the seven years to more than 404—(Hear.) He had
always thought that a man of mercantile habits, ac-
quainted with business affairs, was a much more com-
petent person than himself to be connected with the bank.
He thought he might say with confidence, that during
the time he had sat at the board he had discharged his
duty without having the shadow of a difference of
opinion with his brother directors.—(Hear, hear.) He
now freely resigned his seat at the board, and he hoped
that they would put some one in his place who would
be of service to the interest of the bank. As far as any
influence he possessed, it would always be at their ser-
vice, as it had been before the time of his becoming a
director. In taking leave of his fellow-directors he could
only say that he hoped they would always pursue the
same straightforward course which he had observed they
always had done.—(Hear, hear.)
The CRAntatert said that the same encomium which
had been passed upon Mr. O'Flaherty might likewise be
conferred upon Mr. Maher. While he was at the board,
he had done all the good to the bank in his power.
Mr. M. O'CortNELL, M.P., said he only wished to ob-
serve that he had given in his resignation freely, because
he had always felt that he never could consent to remain
a director of any body of which ho did not possess the
full and entire confidence.

Very Rev. Dr. MAGEE then rose and said, that being a
chief instrument in the calling together of the meeting by
requisition, he thought it right and prudent to say, that as
far as the examination, which had been some time on
hand, had allowed them to judge, the committee found
themselves convinced that the bank possessed every
element in itself to make it successful. A resolution to
that effect would be put by the Chairman of the com-
mittee, which was composed of deputations from almost
every part of Ireland.
Mr. SPAICUT then proposed the first resolution, which
was econded by the Rev. Mr. CHOLMONDELEY, and was
to the effect that

"The deputation having, with the sanction of the
court of directors, fully examined into the affairs of
the bank, and satisfied themselves that the position of
the bank w'tll deserves the confidence which the public
have evinced, are happy in being able to assure the
proprietors that its prosperity is placed beyond any
question of doubt."
The CHAIRMAN they put the resolution in the farm of
a report from the committee, which was adopted unani-
mously.
Mr. Alderman HACKETT, in proposing the second re-
solution of the committee, which was
" That the court of directors having already sanc-

tioned an investigation by the deputation into the
affairs of the bank, and having afforded every faei-

lily in v the examination of directors, officers, books,
paperF, and documents, this meeting do not consider it
necessary to have any further committee appointed ;"
said that in agreeing to this resolution every gentleman
of the committee had expressed his entire concurrence in
it, and wished to bear testimony to the courtesy with
which the directors severally and individually had treated
them during the whole investigation, and of the facilities
which they had afforded to them.
Mr. Alderman Quix seconded the resolution, which
was put and carried unanimously.
Mr. SPAIGHT begged to know of Mr, Fitzsimon if be
had any answer to give to the request of the committee
made on Saturday?
Mr. FITzsIMoN said he thought he had already given
an answer.
Mr. SPAIGHT wished to ask if the Hon. Director still
adhered to this answer; as, if he did, it would be necessary
for him to move a resolution on the subject. It would
place him in an exceedingly painful situation, but never-
theless ho had no other a►ternative but to follow up the
directions of the committee.

➢lr. FITZSIMON said, in answering the question it
would be necessary for him to give his reasons for the
course he intended to take. In giving a negative to
Mr. Spaight's question ho meant no disrespect to that
numerous meeting, nor did he mean any disrespect to
the deputation, much less to his brother directors who
had just resigned, but he stood in a peculiar position,
and upon principle he must decline to comply with the
request that had been made to him. However right
some persons might think it that a director should not bo
under a pecuniary obligation to the bank, or however
correct that principle might be in itself, he was not then
going to discuss, but before it was adopted it ought to
have been announced by duo notice, and such a rule not
having yet existed, it was unfair to take a man behind
his back and call upon him at once to resign on account of
liabilities which he had incurred with the sanction of the
board of directors. He was not debating the determination
which some of his brother directors had come to, they knew
their own views best; but, while he admitted that large sa-
crifices ought to be made for the sake of unanimity, he
felt that he was placed in a peculiar position, different
from the other directors, and in justice to himself and to
his own character he was bound to pursue an opposite
course. He was to be called upon to resign because he
was under certain liabilities to the bank. Now, were
these liabilities improperly or surreptitiously incurred ?
Certainly not; they were sanctioned by the board at a
time when no rule existed to the contrary, and he pro-
tested against the establishment of an ex post facto law
upon the subject. Let them pass a resolution that in
future no director should receive accommodation from
the bank, and he nee not say he would be the first man
to submit to it, but not having had any law against it, or
a legal and proper notice against doing a certain act, it
would be wrong in him now to confess that he had been
acting improperly or unfairly, and ho was therefore
bound to refuse the request of the deputation.
5001. of his liabilities is secured to the bank by an
actual transfer to its trustees of shares which they have
power at any moment without his further concurrence to
sell. Those shares would then produce a sum more
than sufficient to discharge the 5001., and leave a balance
in his favour. His only other liability to the bank con-
sisted of bills yet current, to the extent of about
8001., and which will be paid whea they arrive
at maturity, until which the amount cannot, in
fact, be considered a debt due to the bank.
As to the liabilities generally, they would have
,been

long ago discharged, or much of them never incurred,
but that the distress of the people in the wild mountain
district in which he resided was so great, that he had

to endeavour to employ them, and had succeeded in
doing so not only with his own tenants, but thoso of
some other proprietors, richer than himself. lie was
sorry to have to speak thus of himself, but he thought
it right the exact nature of tbo debt should be known.
As to the question whether a director ought to receive
accommodation from the bank or not, perhaps that was
a matter beside the discussion, but still he might be
permitted to ask why a director in London or Dublin
should not be allowed to receive the same accommoia-
tion as a director in Cork or Limerick? Make the rule
general, and adopt it after due and proper notice, and
he would be the first man to bow to it, but as he had
only borrowed money from the bank in the exercise of
his legitimate right, upon principle he must protest
against this ex post ficto mode of legislating, which
was justified in characterising as odious and unjust.
For many years he had been one of the public officers
of the bank, and now he was its sole public officer, in
whose name all proceedings, whether for or against the
bank, were taken; and, of course, that position had put
him to a vast deal of trouble and anxiety; indeed, no
later ago than Saturday last, he had to render himself
liable on behalf of the bank for 4,0001., and yet after all
this, alter all the time and energy he had devoted to the
service of the bank, ho was to be called upon at a mo-
ment's notice to discharge liabilities which were not
due, and which were honvurably and legitimately en-
tered into, or to submit to a retrospective law, which he
would again denounce as infanaous and unjust.

The CHAIRMAN explained that the company had ample
security for the advances made to Mr. Fitziimon, and
observed that as his bills had heretofore all been duly
and punctually honoured, the directors had no right to
suppose ho would not pay his current bills when they
arrived at maturity.—(Hear' hear.) Mr. Fitzsimon
kept his account with the bank, and was therefore enti-
tled, like other customers, to have money accommoda-
tion when he required it; and if he could not have ob-
tained that accommodation he would have been
compelled to place his account with another
bank—the Bank of Ireland or the Provincial
Bank, for instance—a proceeding highly impolitic,
because it would induce people to believe that he hid no
confidence and faith in the bank ef which he was a di-
rector.—(Cheers.) What, therefore, could he do when
ho had engagements to meet, but to apply to his bank
for assistance? Every commercial man acquainted with
business transactions would admit that he could adopt no
other course, and on that ground he hoped before the
meeting came to any resolution to displace Mr. Fitz-
simon, it would consider the value of the Hon. Gentle-
man's services, and the whole of the circumstances which
he had mentioned.—(Hear.)
Mr. MURRAY said it was his intention hereafter to ad-
dress some observations to the meeting respecting himself
and the generalaffairs of the bank; but ho might be allowed
to say here, that disagreeing with much that had been
done up stairs by the deputation, but concurring with
the propriety of carrying on the bank with peace and
harmony for the future, he had taken the step of resign-
ing, which he deemed most advisable in the peculiar po-
sition in which he was placed; but he must say that if
there was over a case in which a rigid rule ought to be
departed from and distinction made, it was that of Mr.
Fitzsimon.—(Cheers.)
_ _

Mr. GARTLAND thought this discussion was prema-
ture, because no resolution had yet been put to the
meeting.
Mr. MURRAY said his object was to prevent, if pos-
sible, any resolution being proposed as to Mr. Fitzsimon's
resignation.
Mr. SpaiouT observed that the members of the deputa-
tion were placed in an exceedingly unpleasant situation in
proposing a resolution for the resignation of Mr. Fitz-
simon, for whom every one had the greatest possible
respect—(Hear)—but as other gentlemen had been
called upon to resign under similar circumstances, it
would be invidious not to include Mr. Fitzsimon in the

list.—(Hear.) On that principle he felt bound to pro-
ceed with his resolution, though he felt the greatest pain
in doing so; but a sense of duty compelled him to move
that Mr. Fitzsimon be removed from the direction of the
bank.—(Hear.)

,
Mr. TITHA M, the solicitor, said he was clearly of opi-
nion that such a resolution could not, under the 26th
clause of the deed of incorporation be entertained by the
meeting.

Mr. GARTLAND said, looking at the deed in a legal
point of view, and as a shareholder, he thought such a
resolution could be put to the meeting. The deputation,
he believed, had selected him to second it because they
knew that, if it was intended to throw any slight on Mr.
Fitz3imon, or on the family with which he was con-
nected, he was the last man either in England or Ire-
land who would be a party to any such proceeding.—
(Cheers.) He was not ashamed or afraid to say that no
human being ever entertained a higher respect or affec-
tion for the distinauished individual who established
the bank than he did. From the first moment he could
use his reason he entertained those feelings, and no
individual either in this or the other country was ander a
deeper debt to Mr. O'Connell than he was.—(Cheers.)
The deputation having recommended that certain of the
directors should retire, he thought that, whatever was
the legal effect of that clause, it would be better for Mr,
Fitzsimon gracefully to resign, without putting the meet-
ing to the necessity of passing a resolution to the effect
that a great body of the proprietors no longer possess
confidence in him. Such a resolution would place Mr.
Fitz iimon in a very delicate position with the share-
holders, and he thought the best course for him to pur-
sue would be to resign at once, and put an end to this
discußsion.

Mr. FERGUSON was not present on Saturday, but he
certainly did not approve of the resolution which re-
quired Mr. Fitzsimon to resign. The bank had ample
security for that gentleman's debt of 1,3001., aikt since
Mr. Fitzsimon had done no more than bring his Iffiiiiiess
to the bank, it would be as unwise as it was unjust to
stigmatize him in the manner this resolution prOposed.
Mr. JOHN LEEjthought the deputation up stair's ht)
acted very arbitrarilly in this matter. They had require
him to sanction their proceedings in the dark, without
his knowing what they were all about, but he refused.'
to do anything of the sort. Now, with regard to this
question of prohibiting directors from borrowing money
of the bank, what right had they to do anything of the
sort ? The Bank ,of England did not refuse accommo-
dation to its directbrs, and for the life of him he could
not understand why the same practice should not prevail
in this bank. Ntztal

Mr. FRANCIS MEAGHER thought they would do a
great injustice to Mr. Fitzsimon if they excluded him
from the office of director, which he had filled for so
many years with great credit to himself and ad-
vantage to the bank. Would he not more
justly have been charged with his conduct
if he had opened an account with a rival institution, and
shown by that nct that he was afraid to trust his money
in his own bank?—(Hear.) He might remind them that
the bank had now town in existence a considerale period,
and, by the able management of the directors, had passed
through a serious crisis, and was at pre:ent in a satis-
factory and flourishing condition, yet it was proposed to
turn out one of the oldest directors by construing that
into a fault which it was really his duty to do.—(Cheers.)
If the opinions of the Irish shareholders were taken
he believed they would be unanimously in favour of the
continuance of this gentleman on the board. On that
broad ground, and not o❑ any narrow question of law,
he would put it to the meeting whether they were deal-
ing honourably with Mr. Fitzsimon. Were they to pass
an ex post facto law, which every one who read of it
would say was designedly madelfor the purpose of com-
pelling a director to resign?—(Cheers.) Mr. Meagher
further said, that, us a lawyer, he coincided in Mr. Tat-
ham's opinion.
Mr. GARTLAND replied—Ha did not see any reason
why Mr. Fitzsimon should be made an exception to the
general rule, when Mr. Murray and the other di-
rectors were called on to resign. It would be in-
justice to those gentlemen who had already
resigned if Mr. Fizsimon were permitted to
remain, 'and he for one should be the first to call on
those gentlemen to return to their places if Mr. Fitzsi-
mon did not follow their example. With regard to the
question whether the deputation had the confidence of the
Irish shareholders, that would best be shown when it
came to a division. The bank itself was firmly
seated in the confidence of the shareholders. If Mr. Fitz-
simon remained, he should call upon Mr. Murray and
the others to reconsider their determination, and to
return to their posts, for ho thought it desirable if the
directors named did not go out as a body, they had
better not go out at all.
Mr. Ferzsimoat again protested against the cx post
facto agitation which had been got up against him. He
felt convinced that if the people of Ireland were able to
give their personal votes they would never consent that
I he should be treated with such injustice.
. _ _

Very Rev. Dr. MAGEE expressed the pain he felt al
being obliged to bo a party to the demand of this re
signation of one so nearly connected with the people of
Ireland. However, the deputation had come to that de-
termination, and they were prepared to go to the vote
upon the justice and necessity of the step.
Mr. POTTER appealed to Mr. Fitzsimon for the sake
of unity—for the sake of the deputation—for the sake of
his own valuable and attached friends—not to allow this
resolution to go to a division, but to leave the matter in
the hands of the deputation, and enable Mr. Spaight to
withdraw the resolution altogether. He implored Mr.
John O'Connell to urge his iarother-in-law to pursue a
wise and prudent course. The personal honour of Mr.
Fitzsimon remained untarnished, and he would retire
from this bank still admired and respected by every one.
Mr. NUGENT said no one in that room was more
deeply attached to the O'Connell family, and he had
listened with deep regret to the whole of this discussion.
He was convinced that the character of his friend Mr.
Fitzsimon would stand the test of any inquiry. No one
questioned his honour and integrity, and therefore, for
the sake of peace, he begged his friend to exceed to the
manifest wish of the meeting and retire from office.
Mr. FITZSIMON said one of his oldest friends and as
honest a man as ever lived had made an appeal to him,
which, together with what had been stated by other
Hen. Proprietors, he confessed made it most difficult
for him to know how to act ; but his character
was, at all events, safe, and his principles were
acknowledged to be honourable.—(Cheers.) He put
himself forward to represent a principle, but principle,
however good it might be, was not sufficient to cope
with might, coming, as it did, armed with proxies.—
(Hear.) Therefore it would be folly for him to perse-
vere in the course he had taken; but he could not con-
clude without assuring the proprietors, whom he might
never again address, that his sole object was to oppose
what he considered to be a most execrable precedent—
the passing of an ex post facto law, which he nor any
other director could ever have dreamt of.—(flear.) But
he would say no more, believing that to dwell further on
what the meeting badalready decided would excite acri-
mony and ill-feeling, and injure the prosperity of the
bank, which he was anxious at all times to promote.
The iiON. GENTLEMAN then said be would to-morrow
hand in his resignation to the Court of Directors, where-
upon the resolution was withdrawn.
The CHAIRMAN thought Mr. Fitzsimon was right in
standing up in defence of a principle, and also that he
had taken a judicious course in resigning office ; he
would leave the bank with the same character he
brought into it—that of uprightness, impartiality,
quiet independence.—(Hear.)
Mr. POTTER said he would, for the and
satisfaction of the
meeting. reed the resolutions which were come to by the
deputation, and also the motion which he intended to
found upon them :
The five directors having now severally
resigned
their offices, and the deputation having been furnished
with the fullest information respecting the affairs of the
bank, this meeting is satisfied that no stain attaches to
their conduct, or improper motive can be attributed to
them as its administrators, during the period they have
held office as directors."
Mr. L. MURRAY then rose and said—Mr. Chairman
eAd Bentimun, I *eye, thug iteing, lag otbet

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tion before you, and that ay be in order, I •
my discourse by moving vote of thanks to the chair.
No one could more than myself regret the necessity of
any allusion to personal topics; but my object is to clear
up various imputations which have been cast upon me
by the circular letters which had been extensively is-
sued.—(Hear.)

Mr. GARTLAND rose to order, and urged that as all
personal matters had been cast on one side, it would be
better not to allude to them.

Mr. MURRAY said no one could imagine for a mo-
ment that it was by any means his intention to injare
the bank. The measure which he had taken that morning
was against his own conviction as to the ultimate advan-
tage to the bank; but—
Mr. HUTCHESON interrupted. He did not understand
that there was any accusation against any of the retiring
directors; and as to the circulars he did not perceive
that any one there had anything to do with them.
Mr. MURRAY—I had thought that in a meetiug of
Irishmen, and being personally known to a great number
in the room, I should have been allowed, distasteful and
even painful as it might have been, to have gone over the
calumnies that have been brought forward to the detriment
of my character. I feel quite at a loss to conceive why
that hearing should be denied to me, even upon the
ground of form, who have taken so prominent a part in
this very room in all the measures of the bank since its
first commencement. I can safely say, laying my band
upon my heart, that there is not one act during
my official connexion with which I have to reproach
myself. That I have done many things which
have tended to the ultimate advantage of the bank
every one in this room can testify. I have had many
difficulties to contend with—very few men have
had more to deal with—in the direction of a
public c enpany. I have frequently stood alone
in my judgment upon measures until I and
my views were afterwards considered to be right.
Therefore I think there should be some deference to my
feelings in consideration to my acknowledged services,
because I intended to go over in a succinct manner all
the allegations which have been brought against me
and against the bank; for, although you have satisfied
yours-elves above stairs upon the most ample informa-
tion, yet I consider the public should know the grounds
of your satisfaction with the state of the bank; but I
have been stopped in limine by your declaration that
you do not consider them worthy of your attention
and as I understand you, therefore, to say that you
have gone into the marrow of the subject—the conduct
of the bank—and found that no stigma can rest upon
the character of those gentlemen who have, in obedience
to a rule laid down by you, retired from it. I was con-
scious from the first that any investigation that might be
made here with regard Ito my conduct or that of the di-
rectors generally, it could lead but to the result you have
arrired at. If lam to be stopped in this way, I certainly
must bow to the decision of the meeting. lam sorry to
enter into any discussion of this subject now, but I had
hoped to be allowed to answer these charges in the
first instance, as I thought it necessary for the
vindication of my own character. If, however, the
meeting chooses to stop me in the manner it has done,
and is satisfied there is no necessity for it, of course I
have no other redress, as I should be sorry to force an
address upon the meeting which would not be agreeable
to it. I have also bowed to the sentiment expressed on
Saturday night, that if any director was under a pecu-
niary obligation to tho bank, it was impolitic for such
director to continue in the direction. I bowed to that
decision, although I did not entirely agree with
its justness or the aptness of its application in my own
instance. As regards the sum which I have borrowed
from the bank, the ameunt is considerably less than the
value of the security, and I never should have brought
my business here at the time when I had occassion for
a loan of money, nor was any dissent expressed at the
last annual meeting when the subject was mentioned,
had it noti been for a peculiar proviso in a clause of
our bank deed, which rendered the security, though a
good one to the bank, invalid to any other person, by
reason of the forfeiture contained therein. If that
proviso in the deed of settlement is rescinded, the security
is at once marketable, and the money due to the bank,
and much more, can be repaid in an hour. A friend had
offerred this morning to advance me the money, but I re-
fused his offer, because I felt a great storm had been raised
for purposes which you will more clearly see hereafter,
as they develope themselves, and which it will be my
duty to watch; and much of it has been directed against
me because I stood in the way, and because it has been
supposed that I had taken such a prominent part in the
administration of the affairs of the bank—that I had such
an overwhelming force and influence in its manege-
ment, that other gentlemen felt it to be :difficult
to bear with it, or act with me; and, therefore, that con-
sideration induced me to retire, and not a feeling that I
had done anything wrong or improper while T had taken
part in the administration of the bank's affairs, or exer-
cised such pretended influence from my consciousness
that I used it unfairly. My resignation I have
agreed to tender, in deference to the opinion of
the committee up-stairs, that no director should
be indebted to the bank in any sum, however
small or well secured. I bow with deference
toe' Abet opinion, however inconvenient or in-
vidioug' it may be, but still I bow to the opinion of the
greeting up stairs. Charges have been brought against me,
but throutt deference to what has been done by the
committee up stairs, who have investigated the bank's
affairs, I have passed them by. The position in which
I wish to place myself now is this : I have felt it pru-
dent to give way, because in any moi•ereent which may
be made for the benefit of the bank hereafter, peace aid

oraietness to the bank is the first object to be secured.
—(Hear, hear, arid cheers.) Whatever may here-
after be designed for its advantage, and for its
ultimate security and prosperity, you will always find mo
ready to help or guide, in order to place this institution
in the position which it is entitled to occupy, high as it
may be now; for I believe every man has admitted to.
day that its standing is unquestionable. Some kind
of distrust had been instilled into the minds
of proprietors thst the bank might have a bet-
ter direction, but an investigation has proved that
you cannot allege any incompetency on the part of the di-
rectors. I believe without vanity I may say that most
gentlemen in the room have some little confidence in say
capacity, and I feel quite certain from the expression of
confidence I have received from gentlemen with whom
I have communicated, that had I stood on my conviction
and not listened to my judgment on this occasion, and
demanded a ballot on the statement I was prepared to
make, I do not think I should have been left in a mino-
rity notwithstanding what my Rev. Friend may say to
the contrary; but what I have done is to show youthstl
am willing to sacrifice my own convictions and all other
considerations for the sake of the interests involved. As
regards myself individually, for me to retire from the
direction of the bank is a relief, because the time I have
lost in its management for a meagre payment of an at-
tendance fee, considering the value of time in London,
has certainly been no compensation to me. There are
other institutions, of which I have a great share in their
direction, which certainly have suffered in conse-
quence of the incessant attendance which I
have given hero, and as they, like the bank, hays
been . attacked, but which your verdict has Ilea:
of all imputation, I came here to-day prepared, if you had
allowed me, to show they have b.-en mcst unjustly at-
tacked, and seemingly for no other purpose but that of
casting personal odium upon myself ; but though you
have not thought it necessary to hear me on their behalf,
it is some satisfaction to know that they are quite capa-
ble of defending themselves. Notwithstanding, I am
happy to say that I enjoy the confidence of the propri-
etors of those institutions; and lam glad, also, to feel
that I also enjoy the cJnfidence of so large a number of
influential proprietors of this bank, and whatever course
may be followed hereafter—whatever may to dune, the
Irish shareholders will find me generally coinciding in
their views. It the bank had been in tact carried out
as it was at first designed, and as it now is at Clonmel
and Carrick-on-Suir, it would now have been paying a
much larger dividend, and the stock borne a higher
value in the market. Gentlemen, I will not detain you
any longer than to say that the act which I have
today done will place me in a better position
to serve you than if I was at this board,
which I leave without regret on my own account, and
without a single personal feeling against any of its mem-
bers, because I can now stand outside and watch its deve-
lopement, and help to resist dangerous influences, should
they arise, having at the same time forbearance for those
who are charged with the management of a great insti •
tuiton.
The following resolution was then moved by the Hon.
and Rev. 11. E. Cholmondeley, seconded by John
Greene, Esq., and resolved unanimously:—
" That the warmest thanks of the proprietors are due,
and aro hereby given, to the Very Rev. Dr. Magee, for
originating the requisition of this meeting, which has
terminated, after a minute and patient inquiry, in de-
monstrating the prosperous character of the institution,
and for the pains and solicitude which he has exhibited
throughout the sittings of the committee."
J. C. Ruding, Esq., having vacated the chair, and
having being called thereto,
moved
edbE'
yC% tales O'Hara, Esq., seconded by
Frlatnc was Francis S
nap ht
the Very Rev. Dr. Magee, and resolved unanimously_
"That the thanks of this meeting are due, and are hereby
given, to J. C. Ruding, Esq., for his able and impartial
conduct in the chair."

AND LONDON AND NORTH-
OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERaAMP-
TON,RAILWAYS. WESTERN
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Siit,—My attention having been called to an adver-
tisement in the Times of the 22d instant, being a letter
addressed to the editor by Lord Ward, in which he
states that, apttoan
meetingnailzay
Con3ranY' of the Oxford, Worcester, and
on the 20th ult., he
denied the charge
de-
manded an appropriatirionmado against him of having
of 5,000 preference shares in that
the
company ; I feel it due to myself at once to declare that
Lord Ward did not at that meeting deny, nor has he, so far
as I am aware till now, attempted to deny the statement
which I then wade, nor did his solicitor, who was pre-
sent at the meeting, and through whom I stated that the
demand for the shares, on the part of Lord Ward, had
been made, utter one word in denial or explanation.
Lord Ward's proceeding leaves me no alternative but
to add, that I rep Pat what I then said, viz., that Lord
Ward, when chairman of the company, demanded an ap-
propriation to himself, at par, of 5,000 preference shares
then at a premium, as one of the necessary preliminaries
to his consideration of the arrangement proposed with
the London and North-Western and Midland Companies.
This statement I shall be prepared at any time to estab-
lish.—l am, Sir, yours, &c., _
__

_ .
S. MORTON PETO.
47, Russell-cquare, March 24, 1851.

REPRESENTATION OF ROCHDALE.—The present
Member for Rochdale, Mr. Sharman Crawford, has signified
his intention of retiring at the next general election; and it
is stated that it is in contemplation to invite Mr. Rotor Fen ;
ton, son of the first Member for the bereugh, to btcolue w 044.
didste.