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LONDON and COUNTY BANKING
COMPANY.
Established 183 G.
Subscribed Capital £1,875,000, in 37,000 Shares ok£so each.
Paid-up Capital £750,000. Reserve Fund £200,000.
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• GENERAL MANAGER.
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•
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Mr. MONSELL rose and said—lt is now our duty to
proceed, in obedience to the commands of her Majesty's
commissioners, to the exercise of our undoubted right and
privilege of electing a Speaker. This duty is no trifling or
merely formal one, for the dignity of the office is commen-
surate with the influence and widely extended power of the
.assembly over which he is to preside. (Hear, hear.) Our
ancestors through many generations have shown their sense
of the importance of this office by the eminent men they
have successively placed in that chair. (Hear, hear.) Yet,
high and important as were the responsibilities and duties
of many—for instance, in the last century, such as Mr.
Onslow and Lord Grenville— still the duties and responsi-
bilities of a Speaker in the present day are far greater even
than those of those illustrious men. (Rear, hear.) One
peculiarity of their duties is, of course, precisely the same,
the first and most sacred duty in both times being to pre-
serve inviolate the privileges of this house, on which the
ltberties of the people of this country depend ; and I think
that anybody who has observed the history of the few past
years must feel that that duty is one which requires as
much watchfulness and care, and as much firmness, in a
Speaker of the present day as in the day to which I have
alluded. But if, for instance, we come to the question' of
private business—if we look back merely to the commence-
ment of the present century, we find Mr. Wilberforce
insisting more than once on the necessity of electing a
Speaker of the highest qualifications, on account of the
enormous importance of the private business, and the large
amount of money involved in the proper discharge of it.
But the private business of this house was, I need not re-
mark, very different in those days to what it is now. I
believe that the principal private business was then con-
nected with canal bills, which fifty years ago represented
eleven millions of money ; whilst, during the last session,
the private bills presented to this house involved a capital
of one hundred and twenty-eight millions. To the proper
discharga of that most important duty of the house the as-
sistance of two eminent committees was called during the
last Parliament. But it must be obvious to every gentle-
man that it is on the directing mind of the Speaker—on
his determination in every way he can to arrange that the
bnsiness shall be carried on in a cheap and satisfactory
way, without sacrificing in the slightest degree the influ-
ence or the power of the house—it is to him, I say, that the
proper discharge of that duty and the proper arrangement
of it mainly depend. Or take another instance. At the
time I have alluded to the debates did not penetrate to any
portion of the country. Indeed the debates were hardly
reported at all. I believe it is well known that Mr. Pitt
expressed the desire he had to see some one oration of
Bolingbroke, and that no such oration was to be found;
and that, in the case of Lord Chatham, to the accidental
circumstance of a gentleman of most powerful memory
being present during the two of his greatest orations we
owe their preservation. But now the debates of this house,
by means of cheap and accurate papers, are circulated
through every part of the three kingdoms, and indeed
much beyond their boundaries. These debates are the
chief means of forming the public opinion of the country,
and the means, I am happy to say, of forming the public
political education of the people. I need hardly remark
that it is upon the manner in which the Speaker discharges
his duty, and on his fitness and impartiality, that the
completeness of these debates depends, as it is by enforcing
those rules which even can prevent majorities tyrannising
over minorities, and cause every shade of public opinion
to be heard in the debates, that the completeness of that
political education depends. (Hear, hear.) Of course
there is another most important duty of a Speaker—that
of preserving that high standard of order and regularity
in the conduct of our debates which distinguish this as-
sembly, I believe, from every other popular assembly in the
world—(hear, hear)—and when I refer to the conduct of
our debates I think I only anticipate the feeling of every
gentleman in this house when I speak of the loss we
have lately sustained. (Hear, hear.) Our difficulties, and
the difficulties of the Speaker, are of course increased by
the loss of one whose large and generous nature—loyal in
friendship, tolerant to opposition—was mellowed by age,
and by a Parliamentary experience greater perhaps than
that which ever belonged to any former statesman.
(Cheers.) We all of us, to whatever political party we
belong, who had the honour of sitting in this house with
Lord Palmerston, recognised in him that unerring instinct
which enabled him to stay the waves of rising controversy,
and we felt the mild and softening influence in our debates
of his generous and kindly sympathetic nature and good
humour, which under the most difficult circumstances
never failed. (Renewed cheers.) Under these circum-
stances I feel fortunate in being able to submit to you as a
Speaker no new or untried man, but one who has always
done those duties with honour to himself, and who has
earned the respect of every ono in the house. (Hear,
hear.) As to those who sat in the last Parliament, I need
only appeal to their memories. They all know how care-
ful he was in watching over our privileges, how attentive
he was to the private business of this house, and how
under his direction it has been improved. Those who
have bad any matter of difficulty to consult him about can
bear witness to the kindliness with which he often re-
ceived them, thinking nothing of the trouble of giving them
the general benefit of his most sagacious advice. (Hear,
hear.) As to those who are new members of the house not
sitting in the last Parliament, if they require anything to
verify the truth of the assertion I make—with the concur-
reuse I believe of every member of the late Parliament—
(cheers)—they have only to look into that most valuable
addition lately made to "Hansard," and they will see
there collected together all the decisions made by the
Speaker during the late Parliament, and find there, I
think, a clearness, decision, and wisdom, which entitle the
gentleman who made them to the confidence of the house.
(Hear, hear.) If I may be permitted I will refer to what

At the Annual General Meeting of the Proprietors, held
on Thursday, the Ist February, 1866, at the London
Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, the following Report for the
Year ending the 31st December, 1865, was read by the
Secretary.

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street,

lIOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY.
ELECTION OF SPEAKER.

WILLIAM NICOL, Esq., in the Chair.
REPORT.

The Directors have the satisfaction to submit to the
Proprietors the Balance-sheet of the Bank for the Half-
year ending 31st December last.

They ha'V'e to report that, after the payment of all charges,
interest to customers, and making ample provision for bad
and doubtful debts, the net profits amount to £99,419 135.,
which, added to £13,660 75., brought forward from the
last account, produces a total of £113,080.
From this sum a special bonus, amounting to £1,814 17s.
11d., has been presented to officers whose salaries are under
£3OO per annum, leaving £108,265 2s. ld. for appropriation.
The directors recommend the payment of the usual divi-
dend of 6 per cent., with a bonus of 61- per cent., making
together 121 per cent. for the half-year, which will amount
to £93,737 3s. 3d —this, added to the ugust dividend, will
be 271 per cent. for the year, and leave £14,527 18s. 10d. to
be carried forward to profit and loss new account.
They have to announce the retirement in December of
John Wright, Esq., for many years an auditor.
The directors retiring by rotation are—
Coles Child, Esq., and
Frederick Harrison, Esq.,
who, being eligible for re-election, offer themselves ac-
cordingly.
The dividend and bonus (together £2 lOs per share), free
of income-tax, will be payable at the Head Office, or at any
of the Branches, on and after Monday, the 12th instant.

BALANCE SHEET
Of the London and County Banking Company,
31st December, 1865.
_

ffouin.
cus-
tomers'
t due by.
To capital paid up
To
oot
hraeemsbeopar :nun:.
balances,
&c. .. £11,842,748 5 10
To liabilities on ac-
eeptances 1,009,060 14 5

£750,000 0 0
250,000 0 0

---- 12,851,815 0 3
To profit and loss
balance brought
from last account 13,660 7 0
To gross profit for
the half-year,
after making pro-
vision forbad and
doubtful debts,- 321,293 1 6

CR.
By cash on hand at
Head Office and
Branches
By cash placed at
call and at notice 1,397,564 12 4

£1,510,427 12 4

334,959 8 6

£14,186,774 8 9

£2,907,992 4 8

Investments, viz.:—
By Government and
Guaranteed Stocks... 1,033,170 8 8
By other Stocks and
Securities .

108,310 17 8

1,141,481 6 4
By discounted bills, and advances to Cus-
tomers in town and country
By freehold premises in Lombard-street •
and Nicholas lane, freehold and lease-
hold property at the Brandies, with
fixture and fittings -
By interest paid to Customers
By Salaries and all other expenses at
Head Office and Branches, includieg
income tax on profits and salaries 90,562 7 5
By special bonus on salaries under £3OO
per Annum

4,814 17 11

£14,186,774 8 9

PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT.
To interest paid to customers
To expenses as above
To special bonus on salaries under £3OO

per annum
To rebate on bills not due, carried to new
account ..............................
To dividend of 6 per cent. for the half-
rear
TO bonus of 6} per cent
To balance carried forward

4,814 17 11

44,993 16 9
48,743 6 6
14,527 18 10

£334,959 8 6

By balance brought forward from last
account £13,660 7 0
By gross profit for the half-year, after
making provision for bad and doubtful
debts

321,299 1 6

£334,959 8 6
We, the undersigned, have examined the foregoing
(Signed) WILLIAM
Balance-sheet, and have found the same to be correct.
14. a SWAINE, Auditors.
London and County Bank,
The foregoing Report having been read by the Secre-
tary, the following Resolutions were proposed, and unani-
moslv adopted : Jan. 25, 1866.
1. -That the Report be received and adopted, and
printed for the use of the Shareholders.
2. That a.dividend of 6 per cent., together with a bonus
of 6 per cent., free of income-tax, be declared for the Half-
year ending the 31st December, 1865, payable on and after
Monday, the 12th instant, and that the balance of £14,527
18s. 10d. be carried forward to. profit and loss new ac-
count.

3. That Coles Child, Esq., be re-elected a Director of
this Company; that Frederick Harrison, Esq., be re-elected
a Director of this Company.
4. That William Norman and Richard Hinds Swaine,
Esquires, be elected Auditors for the current year.
5. That Robert Escombo, Esq be elected an Auditor for
the current year.

I consider to be an accurate description of the Right Hon.
John Evelyn Denison—a description given somewhat
more than one hundred years ago of his illustrious prede-t
cessor, Mr. Onslow :—" A thorough knowledge of the
orders and rules of Parliament ; clearness and readiness
in comparing opinions on matters of the greatest intri-
cacy, and impartiality in judging on all occasions."
(Cheers.) Those were the qualifications of Mr. Speaker
Onslow; those are the qualifications, proved during the
last two Parliaments, possessed by the right hon. gentle-
man whom I have the honour to propose to you. (Hear,
hear.) It would be improper in me, and I am sure painful
to him if, in his presence, I wore to say anything more of
those merits and qualifications which we all recognise, and
therefore I will conclude by proposing that the Right
Hon. John Evelyn Denison do take the chair of this house
as Speaker. (Cheers.)
Earl GROSVENOR—I feel that the task of seconding
this motion has fallen into unworthy hands, but there is to
be no opposition, I believe, to the re-election as Speaker of
the right hon. gentleman, who has already filled that office
with, I think, credit to the State and satisfaction to the
house. (Hear, hear.) I may, perhaps, be allowed to say
with confidence that if the right hon. gentleman be re-
elected he will not fail in that great ability with which he
has hitherto discharged the duties of his office, or show
any diminution in that vigilance for the public interest
which has hitherto characterised him, particularly in the
strict impartiality with which he has presided over our de-
bates. (Hear, hear.) The office of Speaker is one which
requires the possession of peculiar qualifications and a con-
siderable amount of personal sacrifice, while at the same
time the office is one of great dignity. I feel that the right
hon. gentleman possesses all the qualifications referred to
by the right hon. member for Limerick ; and I am sure the
house will agree with me that whether the future of this
Parliament be long or short, the right hon. gentleman, if
he be spared health and strength, will continue to dis-
charge his duties, not only with satisfaction to himself, but
to the satisfaction of every single member of the present
House of Commons. (Cheers.) In conclusion, I beg to se-
cond the motion. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. BRIGHT—I am well assured the house will not
suppose that I rise to offer any opposition to the right
hon. gentleman's re-election. If I did say anything on
that subject, I should say a good deal in his favour. I was
not here when the right hon. gentleman
(Mr. Denison)
below me was speaker on the first occasion. I was away
from England at that time, but I heard of his election with
great pleasure, and thought it about the very best choice
which the house could have made. (Hear, hear.) After
eight or nine years' experience, I agree with the right hon.
member for Limerick that the course of the right hon.
gentleman has been marked by impartiality, dignity,
and success, and, in fact, without impartiality there
could be no dignity, and without dignity no success. There-
fore I give my support heartily to the proposition now
made. But I rise for the purpose of making a suggestion
with regard to a subject which I believe I am permitted to
speak on on this occasion, If any one doubts it, I must
refer to the authority of a late very eminent and very use-
I ful member of this house—Hr. Hume—who introduced the

6. That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Board
of Directors for the able manner in which they have con-
ducted the affairs of the Company.
7. That the thanks of this Meeting be presented to the
Auditors of this Company for their services during the past
year,
8. That the thanks of this meeting be presented to
William MiCewan, Esq., and to the Principal and other
Officers of the Bank, for the zeal and ability with which
they have discharged their respective duties.
(Signed) W. NICOL, Chairman.

The chairman having quitted the chair, it was resolved,
and carried unanimously,-
1). That the cordial thanks of the Meeting be presented
to William Nicol, Esq., for his able and courteous conduct
in the chair.
(Signed) W. CHAMPION JONES,
Deputy-Chairman.
Extracted from the Minutes.
(Signed) F. cLAPrisoN, Secretary.

LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING
COMPANY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a DIVIDEND
31st December, 1865,
ponertcheenCta.
with a BONUS of Six and a Half per Cent., will be PAID
Capital l
theSt k
Half-yearo the Company,ending
to the Proprietors, either at the Head office, 21, Lombard-
street, or at any of the Company's Branch Banks, on and
after MONDAY, the 12th instant.
By order of the Board,
W. MiiEWAN,
General Manager.
21, Lombard-street, 2d February, 1866:
110 SP ITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN,
43, Great Ormond-street, Queen-square.
Patron--Her Majesty the Qu f, EN.
The Commit!ee have much r-leasure in announcing that A.
J. K. BERESFORD HOPE, Esq, M.P., has consented to
preside at the FOURTEENTH ANNI V tt;RSA.RY ri.STI-
AL of this Charity, on February 12, at Willie's Rooms.
FIRST LIST OF STEWARDS.
The Most Noble the Marquis Vice-Admiral Sir Augustus
of Aber corn Clifford. Bart.
The Right tionoutable the The Rev. Sir C. Macgregor,
Earl of t!haf tesbury, K G. Bart.
The Right Honourable Earl Sir Archibald Arson, Bart.
Amherst Admiral Sir William Bowles
The Right Honourable Vls- Col. Beauehamo
count Gort Colonel Home Purves, C.B.
The Right Rev. the Bishop of Colonel F. R. Waldo Sibthorp
Chichester Lieut.-Colonel k'rederick C.
The Right Rev. the Bishop of K eppel
St. i avid's Lieut -Colonel Playfair
The Right Honourable Lord Michael T. Bass, Esq., M.P.
LeLh Allen A. Bathurst, Esq., M.P.
Right Honourable Viscount Stephen Cave, Esq., M.P.
Milton, M.P. W. W. Pitzwilliam Dick, Esq.,
Colonel the Hon. Perey E. M.P.
Herbert, M.P. Albert grant, Esq., M.P.
The Hon. and Rev. Charles K. D. Hodgson, Esq., M.P.
James Wil!oughby J. Dyce Nicol, Esq., M.P.
he Honourable Arthur Kin- Arthur J Otway, ' Esq. M.P.
naird, Charles Waring, Esq., kr.l,.
Sir R. N. C. Hamilton, Bart.
The complete List of Stewards will shortly be published.
Additional names will be thankfully received. The expense
to each steward is limited to one guinea.
Subscriptions in aid of the funds are earnestly solicited, and
will be thankfully received by the Treasurer, Henry Sykes
Thornton, Esq. ; or by any of the Stewards. - -
SAMUEL WHITFORD, Seoretary.

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Messrs. LEWIN aryl SIMEON 310SELY and
SONS, LtentiqS,
30, Berners-street, Oxford-street and 448, Stra,,d,
Opposite Charing-cross li.atiway Station.
Their painiess tceilt are unequailed for econonly,
durability, comfort, and nil purposes of icula dun and Inas-
ticai ut operations of every kind ei et; unnecessary, the
must nervous patient can be supplied without fear of pain ur
inconvenience.

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