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whether the Irish Paper may not become exrio'-
guished, in consequence of convulsions in that coun-
try ? I mean a doubt whether the Bank may not
suffer materially from the effeas of Invasion, or
Rebellion, in its property.
Do you conceive that if the Bank of England
were to guarantee the credit of -the Paper of the
Bank of Ireland, the value of the Bank of Ireland
Paper would be raised ?—I think it would, during
a war between Great Britain and France.

Do you think that if the Government were to
guarantee the credit of it, the value of the Bank of
Ireland Paper would he raised ?—I think it would ;
by Government I mean Parliament.
Do you not conceive that if the Bank of Ireland
were proprietors of a large sum in the British Funds,
the value of the Bank of Ireland Paper would be
equally raised ?—I do not think it would.

Would not the Government, in that case, be as
much bound to sustain the credit of the Bank of

Ireland, to the extent of such property in the British
Funds, as they would be found in the other case to
sustain the general credit of the Bank ?—I believe,
as far as the property in the British Funds went, it
would aft as a partial guarantee, but it would have
no further effet.

Might not then a considerable enlargement of the
capital of the Bank of Ireland, and the investment
of such augmented capital in the British Funds,
conduce, according to the principles you have stated,
to raise the value of the Paper of the Bank of Ire-
land ?—I think it would aft as a larger but limited
guarantee, and have no effeft whatever on the pro-
perty in Ireland not covered by such guarantee.

Would not all the debts of the Bank of Ireland
necessarily be rendered more secure of payment, in
every possible event, by means of such property in
the Funds, or, in other words, be guaranteed by such
property in the Funds ?—I think that the engage-
ments of the Bank of Ireland, so far as they were
covered by this investment in the British Funds,
would be rendered more secure, but no further.

Do you think the Irish Funds in which the Bri-
tish capital is invested, ultimately less secure than
the British Funds ?—I always conceived that the
Irish Funds were adopted by this country by the
Union, and stood on equal terms.

How then do you state that an investiture of
capital in the British Funds would confer any greater
security than that in the Irish Funds I—lt would
not convey any greater security.

Whether, in speaking to the Parliament being
bound to maintain the property of the Bank of Ire-
land in the British Funds, you do not consider it
equally bound to maintain any property the Bank of
Ireland may have in the Irish Funds do.

(To Le continued,

DUBLIN, MAY 15.

SUNDAY night, between eleven and twelve
o'clock, three persons, one named Browne, the
other his friend, genteel looking men, and a grena-
dier of the Roscommon Militia, were drowned in the
Grand Canal, in a fracas, it is supposed, with some
boatmen of the turf-vessels near the first bridge, at
the above-mentioned place. The circumstances are
related as follow : Two of these persons were pass-
ing that way at night, and were attacked by the
boatmen, but upon what account is not certainly
.
known ; consequence of which, they applied for
assistance to the Barrack in St. jarnes's-street, pro.
bably to take some of the ruffians into custody.—
The Serjeant of the guard sent two of the Roscom-
mon Militia with them to the place, and either
in attempting to go on board were thrown off
the plank, or when on board, were thrown over,
which of the circumstances took place is not exaEtly
yet known, but three were drowned, and one of the
soldiers escaped. The alarm having reached the
watch house, the peace-officers, and a party imme-
diately repaired to the spot, and took into custody
tap boatmen they found belonging to the vessels at
that place. The bodies were then searched for, but
at that hour could not be found. In the morning
they were taken up, and Captain Wilson, the chief
peace-officer, who behaved with very laudable aai-
vity on the occasion, caused an inquest to be held
upon them, and brought the boatmen prisoners to the
Divisional Magistrate, Alderman Rose's office.

Last week the following singular and daring rob-
bery was attempted by the driver of a return post-
chaise, in die parish of Ash, next Sandwich : Mr.
Marsh, plumber and glazier at that place, had re-
ceived a cask of lead, weighing 3oolbs. which lay
at his shop door, judging the weight would ensure
its safety ;at shutting shop in the evening, he
observed a post-chaise standing in the road,the driver
of which came up to him and asked if he was a
leisure man, offering a pint of beer if he would as.
sist him up with a cask, which he said had by its
weight forced open the chaise door, and fell under
the carriage. Mr. Marsh complied' with his re-
quest, and to his surprize, he found it was his own
cask he was called upon to assist in stealing ; he
then asked the driver what Le was going to do with
it ? he replied, that he wanted to return it into the
chaise, from which it had fell out. Mr. Marsh
then charged him with being a thief, and endea-
vonced to secure him, which he resisted, and im-
mediately leaped on the bar of the chaise, and ap.
plying his whip to the horses, gelloped off leaving
this unwieldy cask in possession of its owner. The
darkness of the evening favoured his escape before
asistance was procured.