The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-29 00:00:00

THE SUNS LONDON PRIDAY EVENING FIA:BRUAttY 29. 1856.

IRISH AND SCOTCH BANKS.

BIOGRAP.HICAL SKETCHES OF THE
ENVOYS.

A.'":,,77AY INI'7,7ILIGUNCE.

The returns of, circulation of the Irish and Scotch
banks for the four weeks ending the 19th of Jan., 1856,
when added together, give the following as the avera,,e
weekly circulation of these banks during the past month,
viz. :

The following biographigal sketch of the Russian
and Austrian Envoys, with that of Aali Pacha,
who represent their respective Governments at
the Paris Congress, will be found interesting at the
present moment :
".Aali Paella commenced his career in an humble em-
ployment in the public-offices of the Sublime Porte. By
dint of a severe application to various studies, very un-
usual among his countrymen, be has raised himself
through all intermediate steps to the Grand Viziership.
He bears also the reputation cf being the most erudite
scholar of his nation. His manners are distinguished ;
his countenance delicate and expressive. Unlike many
of-the public men of his country, be is free from the
charge of venality, and his only luxury is the magnifi-
cence of his library. In politics he belongs to what is
called the national party, which acknowledges,Mehernet
Ali for its chief. The policy of this party inclines to-
wards the French interest, and is in every way opposed
to that of Reschid Pacha, the peoteoe of our own astute
ambassador.
"Count Orloff, Aide.de-C imp General, General of
Cavalry, Commander of the Miiitary Household of the
Emperor, and member of the Council of the Empire, be-
longs to one of the mostillustrious families of his country.
He is about 70 years of age, but is still active and healthy.
He took part in almost all the wars at the beginning of
the century. Wouuded at Austerlitz and at the battle
of Borodino, he was made aide-de-camp to the Emperor
Alexander I. In 1825 he hal reached the rank of gene-
ral, and in that quality commanded the regiment of
horse guards which on the 2fith September first hastened
to repress the emeute at St. Petersburg. Oa that occa-
sion he displayed great courage and devotedness,
which secured him the friendship of the Emperor
Nicholas. In 1828 he commanded in Turkey the di-
vision of light horse. In 1829 he was nominated plenipo-
tentiary, and signed the treaty of Adrianople. After the
peace he remained some time at Constantinople as am-
bassador. He afterwards went on a mission to Holland
and London, where the affairs of Belgium were regu-
lated. In the year 1833 he was at the head of the expe-
dition which saved Constantinople from the victorious
army of Ibrahim Pacha, and he signed the treaty of Un-
kiar-Skelessi. Since 1815 he has replaced the late Count de
Benkendorff as chief of the third section of the private
chancellery of the Emperor, and as head of the gendar-
mery of the Empire, the colonels of which, stationed in
the different governments, are charged, not exactly with
a mission of police, but with the general inspection of all
the administration of the country, and even of control
over the people as well as the administrators. This
place gives Count Orloff free access at every hour of the
day to the Emperor, and the right to speak to him of
every person and of every event.
"Baron de Brunow, a privy councillor, belongs to a
noble family of Courland. He has been nearly 40 years
in the diplomatic career, and has acquired a European re-
putation. Heappeared for the first tirnein the negotiations
of Adrianople, in which Count Orloff was engaged; and af-
terwards accompanied him to Constantinople as councillor
of embassy, and afterwards to Holland and England. On
hisreturn, Baron de Brunow was attached to the ministry
of foreign affairs as principal redacteur. He afterwards
accompanied Count Nesselrcde to several diplomatic
congresses and conferences. He was then sent as Mi-
nister to Stuttgardt, and afterwards on an extraordinary
mission to London, where he signed the treaties of 1340
and 1841. He remained there as Envoy Extraordinary
and Minieter Plenipotentiary until the rupture of diplo-
matic relations between England and Russia. After
wards M. de Brunow was appointed Minister Plenipo
teotiary to the Germanic C mfederation."
"Charles Ferdinand Count Buel-Schauenstein, of
Rieberg, Straraberg, and Ehresfels, born on the 17th
May, 1797, Chamberlain and Privy Councillor of the
Emperor Francis Joseph, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Btc., is a descendant of one of the oldest families in Switzer-
land. He is a native of the canton of the Grisons, where
twouf his falsify have successively occupied the episcopal
see of Coire. It was in the diplomatic school of his
father, who was president of the Germanic Diet, that
Count de Buol was brought up ; and when scarcely 19
years of age he meths his debut in the difficult career of
diplomacy. Hs was at first attached to the Aus-
trian Legation at Florence, whence he passed succes-
sively to those of Hanover, Cassel, and Frankfort-sur-
Maine. At the last-named place he was fortunate enough
to be near his father, who still retained the post of pre-
mident of the Diet, and where he had the advantage of pro-
fiting by his long experience. After his father's death,
the young count was appointed Secretary of Legation
at the Hague, and in 1822 was promoted to the rank of
Secretary of EMbassy at Paris. where he remained until
1824, when he went as first Secretary to the Austrian
Embassy in London. By a strange coincidence Baron
de Bonrqueney and Prince Gortschakoff were at the
same period secretaries at the ens',aesies of their respec-
tive courts in Loudon. Thirty years later, the three
secretaries met in the character of plenipotentiaries at
the conferences of Vienna. Count Buol left Eng,larel in
1828 for Carlsiuhe, to the heal of which legation lie had
been appointed. In 1831 he was accredited as Envoy
Extraordinary at the Court of Darmstadt, and in thegarne
year he was married to the Princess Carolina Isenibourg
Berstein, the daughter of the tnediatised prince of that
name, and heiress to an Immense fortune. In 1833 he
was appointed to the Legation at Stuttgardc, and the
eminent services which he rendered to his c,)untry at
that period procured him the distinction of being raised
in 1844 to the dignity of privy councillor, a distinction
then very rare in Atistrie, as it conferred the title of
excellency, which only belongs to ambassadors of the
first class. Since 1848, the number of privy councillors
bas more than tripled in the Austrian monarchy. When
the revolution of 1848 broke out, Count Buol was ac
credited as Minister Plenipotentiary at..tbe quartet el
Turin and Parma. Perceiving that, netwithstancline
the professions of friendship which Keg Charles A lbsrt
expressed towards the Court of Vienna, the Sardinian
troops were preparing to nolst the insurgents of :elilan,
Count Buol, without waiting for instructions from his Ge-
iernment, thought proper to apply for his passports, pre-
ferring an open rupture between the two Governments
to an equivocal situation. Prince Felix de Schwartzen-
berg, who, in 1818, took in hand 'the reins of the
Austrian Government, as a proof of his admiration
of the energy and firmness disp'ayed by Count de
Buol on that occasion, confi led to him the direc-
tion of the Austrian Legetion at St. Peterelmrg. At the
conferences which took place at Dresden in the year
1850 for the settlement of the differences between Aus-
tria and Prussia, Count Buol was appointed as second
plenipotentiary with Prince da Schwartzenberg. In the
year 1851, he went to London as. Minister Pleaipoten-
tiary of Austria, and on the su Wen death of Prince de
Schwartzenberg, in 1852, was recalled to Vienna to
succeed him in the post of Minoter of Foreign Affairs.
Since his accession to that office the count has imparted
the greatest activity to his department, as is proved by
the conclusion of a great number of international treaties
calculated to extend the relations of Austria with foreign
countries. Amonie them may be mentioned postal con-
ventions with the Pap tl States, SeaineSseitterland, Sar-
dinia, and Russia.; treaties for the transmission of tele-
graphic despatches 'with Switzerland, the States of the
Germanic Confederation, and Sardinia ; treaties of c on-
merce with Prussia, the German Cu-torns Union, and
Belgium ; a treaty of extradition with Francs, etc.
Baron de Hubner's career mty be thus summed
up

SOUTH-EASTERN.

[The following appeared in part of our impression of
yesterday.] •
The general half-yearly meeting of the shareholders
in this company was held this afternoon, at the Bridge
House Tavern, London-bridge ; the Hon. James Byng
in the chair.
The notice convening the meeting having been read
by the secretary, and the report taken as read,
The CHAIRMAN said it affirded him much plea-
sure in beieg able to congratulate them on the
flourishing state of the traffic, and that this pro-
perty was now in an improved state. The Read-
ing branch bad hitherto been a burthen to the company,
but he hoped that when the narrow-gauge communica-
tion, near Revling, was complete, an increase of traffic
would be the result. The accounts showed an available
balance of 171,0731., which would admit of a dividend
of 13s. 3d. per share, leaving a balance of 6,9131., which
it was thought would be sufficient to meet all
outstanding demands of the present half-year. Ar-
rangements had been made to pay the dividend on the
6th March, one month earlier than formerly. After
alluding to accidents that had oceurred en the line,
the chairman stated that with a view. to prevent
the • recurrence of accidents the directors had
appointed Mr. Ehorall, late manager of the
East Lancashire Railway, to superintend the
working of the whole line. The directors had not thought
it right to make any applications this year to Parliament,
but to direct their attention to the full development of
the traffic: Should it be found necessary to apply to
Parliament on any future occasion he should feel it his
duty first to consult the shareholders. He proposed the
reception and adoption of the report.
Mr. GORDON THOMPSON seconded the resolution.
Mr. CAIRD called the attention of the meeting to the
absence of the locomotive engineer's report from the di-
rectors' report.
The CHAIRMAN said that the directors bad thought it
better to introduce the heads of that report into the
general report. The engineer's report was on the table
for the inspection of the shareholders.
Mr. CAIRD next asked hew the value of the stores
had been ascertained ; if any steps had been taken to
verify the statement that their value was 60,0001. ?
The CHAIRMAN said they had been *perly valued.
Mr. C4IIID asked if the expenditure of this company
had exceeded the Parliamentary estimate, and by ho w
much ?
The CHAIRMAN said in no instance had it come up
to it.

Average circulation of the Irish banks £6,970,190
Average circulation of the Scotch banks ... 4,142,789

---
Average circulation during past month 211,112,979
On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the
several banks, as given in the Banking Almanac, the
following appears to be the state of the circulation :
The Irish banks are above their fixed issue £615,696
The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue 1,055,580

Total above the fixed issue... 21,671,276
The amounts of gold and silver held at the head offices
of the several banks during the past month have been as
follows

Gold and silver held by the Irish banks £3,308,067
Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks.

---
Total of gold and silver held £4,148,952
The above statements complete the returns of the cir-
culation in England, Scotland, and Ireland for the month
ending the 19th of January.
These returns, combined with the average circulation
of the Bank of England for the same period, will give
the following results of the circulation of notes in tha
United Kingdom, when compared with the previous
month :

Mr. CAIRD asked if either of the directors had been
called on by the board to explain his conduct relative
to a charge that had been made against him of having
allowed his name to be used improperly relative to the
appointment of an-office-bearer.
The CHAIRMAN said that some statement of that kind
had been mooted at the board, and Capt. Warren had
read a letter to the board,relative to it.
Mr. CAIRD asked if any investigation had been made
into the report ?
The CHAIRMAN said No. •
Mr. MEnneat.(director) said he mentioned the report
to Captain Warren, and suggested that he should explain
his conduct to the board. After that Captain Warren
read a written pretest to the board.
After some further,conversation,
Captain WARREN* said that the charge was a malicious,
spiteful, and vindictive lie. He never, directly nor in-
directly, had anything to do with the appointment. He
was absent that day from the board meeting. (Hear.)
Mr. CAIRD said the explanation was satisfactory—
(cheers)—but he considered the dividend unsatisfactory,
and proceeded to make remarks on the Government re-
port relative to the late accident on this line, which were
interrupted by the meeting 'as being out of place. After
some general remarks on the management, he moved
the following addition to the chairman's resolution :
" That, in consequence cf the certificates of the leading
officers of the company, in their several departments,
and seeing that notwithstanding resolution of the board
announced in March, 1852, that one of the directors
should annually retire, their influence had beer, used to
retain all the retiring directors, and so to prevent the
free expression of the' opinion of the shareholders, this
meeting declared its dissatisfaction with the con-
duct of the board in these particulars, and
call upon it to act on the re-elution announced in March,
1852, by requiring one of the retiring directors to with-
draw his- claim for re-election."
kedorided the amendment.
Mr. PARKER defended the conduct of the directors.
Mr. BELL said that in analysing Mr. Caird's mstives
that day he looked upon them and his speech as an ad-
vertisement for a seat at the directory ; but he thought
his conduct rery,impriplent, and he (qr. Bell) hoped
the meeting would express their condemnation of it.
He asked Mr. Caird if he intended to offer himself as a
director ?
Mr. Camp admitted he was a candidate for a seat at
the directory.
Mr. ]BELL said he looked upon this report as the most
satisfactory one they had had presented to them for
many years past, and as an omen of better thidgs for
the future. He saw no cause whatever to induce the

meeting to take such a gloomy view of the un-dertsklng
as Mr. Laird had.
Mr. MiTdHELG congratulated the meeting on the clear
and precise statement of accounts that had that day
been presented to thee'. This report was certainly
more satisfactory fian former ones had been, hut be
wished to be Wormed how it was that the shareholders
did not get a corresponding increase of dividend with an
increased revenue. In 1852 the he ime wai 773, 7701., and
in 1855 986,262/., making a difference of 212,4921.
Tho diViden I in 1852 was three per cent., and in this
year only three-and•a-half per cent., notwithstanding
they had increased their revenue 212,4021.
Mr HEnAPATH, jur)., after alluding to several topics
connected with the working df the line, Whereby a
saving of. expense might be effected, said that the in-
creme of revenue alluded to by the last speaker was
about 20 per cent., whereaS the increase on the dividend
waA 30 per cent., so that the shareholders had not much

to complain of on that bead. He thought the company
Wai now in a.sounder sate than formerly.
Toe CEIAIRILIN said that arrangements were now being
made to reduce the working expenses of the line.
In answer to questions from several shareholders,
Toe CHAIRMAN said that the aggregate loss on the
branch • lines amounted to in the grass to 86,000/. per
annum.

Ti'e arnervlrnent was afterwards withdrawn, and the
original motion carried unanimously.
The dividend of 13e. 3d. per share was then declared.
Mr. HAMILTON prassed upon the directors ani share-
holders that in- future the qualification of a director
should be 3,0001. stock, and should have been in his pos-
session at least 12 niontis.

The CHAIRMAN said that by the act COO/. was the qua-
lification. He approved of this suggestion, and the only
way it could be carried out was by the shareholders
agreeing that none but those who pos,essed stock as Mr.
Hamilton recommended should be elected directors.
A SHAREHOLDER sa,.d this was a very important sug-
gestion, acd he hoped that when they iwain wet to
Parliament a clause to that effect would be inserted in
the bil'.

"Alexander, Baron de Hubner, now Austrian Minis-
ter at the Court of the "Tul'erie3, was born at Vienna
in 1811. After having. completed his studies at the
university of that capital, ho passed some time in Italy;
and in 1833 entered on his diplomatic career under the
auspices of Prince de Metternich, to whose Cabinet he
remained attached Instil 1837: In 1838 he was sent as
attaché to the Austrian Em' assy in Paris, ti,,cler Calla
d'Appony. When, in 1841;-after a long interruption of
diplomatic relations between Austria and P..rtugal, the
Court of Vienna rec,,gnised the throne of Queen Donna
Maria, M, de Hubner accompanied Baron Marshal to
Lisbon as his secretary of embrai,sy. He left Portugal in
1844 to represent his Government as Charge d'Afftires
at the Ducal Court of Anhalt, and filled at the same
time the functions of Austrian Consul. General at Leipeic.
At the commencement of 1848, when the dipinatic cot,
region& nce of the Archduke Roynier, the Viceroy
of the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, acquired every
day more importance from the agitation which prevailed
in that country, the direction of that correspondence
was confided to M. de Hubner. When the insurrection
at Milan broke out, he was detained in that city as a
hostage, but after a captivity of several months was ex-
changed. On returning to Vienna in thesautumn of that
year, he remained completely aloof from public affairs.
During the insurrectionary movements in the capital,
M. de Hubner distinguished himself by his coolness an
by his devotedness to the Emperor ; and on that occa-
sion he crossed the barricades and passed through the
lines of the insurgents to pace himself at the disposal of
Prince de Schwartzenherg. From the close of 1843 to
March, 1849, hi remained with the Prince at ()Mintz,
and directed the political cerreFpondence of the foreign
department. At the end of March, 1849, he was sent
on a mission to Paris, of which he acquitted himself
with such success that some months after he was defini-
tively appointed as Minister flenipotentiary at the
Court of the Tuileries, where he has since remained."

.The CILIIIDIAN said that the prezent directors
possessed double the amount of stock mentioned.
The retiring directors, Mr. C. Child; Captain Warren,
Hon. J. Byng, and Mr. A. Kaye, were re-elected.
After. some further unimportant business bad been
disposed of the auditors were re-elected, and the meeting
separated with a vote of .thanks to the chairman and
directors.

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