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CONTENTS.
Brown] sus.—Conclusion.
Memoirs of Sir Philip Francis.
Linda Tressel.—Part V.
Cornelius O'Dowd. - Some Things not generally known.—
Only an Irishman!—Taking it out in Money. The
Deadlock at Rome.—" Kriihwinckel."
Historical Sketches of the Reign of George 11. No. I.—The
Queen.
Fenianism; and the Irish at Home and Abroad.
The Queen of the Highlands.
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OONSOLIDATED BANK (Limited).—At a
k) General Meeting of the Proprietors, held at the Lon-
don Tavern, Bishops;ate-street, in the City of London, on
Thursday, 23d January, 1868, JOHN PENDER, Esq., in
the Chair, the following Report was presented :
In laying before the shareholders their usual half-yearly
stateuient of accounts, the directors wish to draw attention
to the general stagnation of trade and to the low rate of
discount which have prevailed throughout the last six
months.
The bank has, during that period, made steady pro-
gress, and the number of its customers exhibits a continu-
ous increas
The accounts show that, after payment of all current
expenses, interest to customers, rebate of interest on bills
iu hand, income tax, and directors' remuneration, there
remains a net profit for the six months of £27,263 9 1
To which has to be added the balance from
last half-year of B,lBB 4 7

Making a total of
This sum it is proposed to appropriate as follows :
To the payment of a divi-
dend, for the half-year, at
the rate of 5 per cent. per
annum, free of income
tax
To reserved surplus fund
(which, with interest
already added, will then
amount to £100,000)
To special reserve fund
(which will then be
£20,000)
Carrying forward to next
account the balance of
.£35,45113 8

It will be seen that in pursuance of the precautionary
policy set forth in their last half-yearly statement, the di-
rectors have added a further sum of £lO,OOO to the special
reserve fund.
The directors have to lament the death of one of their
most valued colleagues, Mr. James Aspinall Turner, the
late deputy-chairman of the bank. His services to this
institution, from his first connection with it to the period
of his death, merit their ample and grateful recognition.
The post thus rendered vacant has been offered to, and
accepted by, Mr. Murray Gladstone.
The directors retiring by rotation are Messrs. Matthew
Curtis, Thomas Fairbairn, Edward Ryley Langworthy,
Ivie Mackie, and John Fender. 'These gentlemen being
eligible, will be proposed for re-election.
The meeting will also be invited to elect two auditors.
Messrs. David Chadwick and William Cooper offer them-
selves for re-election.
The dividend warrants will be payable on and after the
Ist February next.
J. P. HEYWOOD, Chairman.

BALANCE SHEET, DEC. 31, 1867.
Dn. LIABILITIES.
To capital paid up: 200,000 shares of £4
£BOO,OOO 0 0
each
To reserve surplus fund
To special reserve lO,OOO 0 0
To amount due by the bank on current,
deposit, and other accounts... 2,184,783 7 1
To acceptances
To balance of profit and loss auount,
30th June, 1867 B,lBB 4 7
To balance, being gross profits for the
half-year ending 31st December, 1867,
after payment of interest tacustomers,
and making provision for bad and
doubtful debts

£3,247,427 16 1

Cu. ASSETS.
By investments in Government Stocks,
viz., New Three per Cents. and Three
per Cent. Reduced £107,602 8 8
By cash in bank, at Bank of England,
and at call
By hills discounted, loans, and other
securities
By bank premises, London (Thread-
needle-street and Fenchurch-street) 190,752 5 0
By current expenses, London and Man-
chester 13,372 10 11

£3,247,427 16 1

PROFIT AND" Loss ACCOUNT.
DR.
To current expenses, London and Man-
chester, income tax, directors' remune-
ration, Ste
To rebate on bills discounted, not yet due 4,506 1 11
To proposed dividend, at the rate of 5
per cent. per annum 20,000 04 0
To reserved surplus fund 3,100 0 0
To special reserve lO,OOO 0 0
To balance carried forward to next ac-
count

£53,330 6 6

CR.
By balance of gross profits brought down £45,142 111
By balance of profit and loss account,
June 30, 1867 B,lBB 4 7

£53,330 6 6

REPORT OF /THE AUDITORS.

To the Shareholders of the Consolidated Bank (Limited).
We have to report that we have examined the accounts
and balance sheet of the Bank for the half year ending
31st December, 1867, and have signed the same as ex-
hibiting a true and correct view of the state of the corn-
pany's affairs, in conformity with the deed of settlement.
DAVID CHADWICK (Chadwick & Co.)} Auditors.
WM. COOPER (Cooper Brothers & Co.)
15th January, 1868.

The Secretary having read the notice convening the
meeting, the report and balance-sheet were taken as read.
It was moved by the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr. J. P.
KENNARD, and resolved unanimously :
"That the report of the directors he received and
adopted, and that the same be printed and circulated among
the shareholders."
It was resolved unanimously as follows :
" That the following gentlemen, who retire by rotation
from the board of directors, be and are hereby re-elected
directors of the company : Messrs. Matthew Curtis,
Thomas Fairbairn, Edward ltyloy Langworthy, Ivie
Mackie, and John Fender."
"That a dividend for the half-year ending 31st Decem-
ber, 1867, be now declared, at the rate of 5 per cent. per
annum, free from income tax, and payable on the Ist
February next."
" That Messrs. David Chadwick and William Cooper be
and are hereby re-elected as auditors of the company."
"That the thanks of the proprietors be given to the
chairman for his courteous conduct in the chair, and to the
board of directors for their zealous attention to the affairs
of the bank."
"That the thanks of the meeting be given to the mana-
gers and other officers of the bank for their services dur-
ing the past half-year.'
JOHN FENDER, Chairman.

Extracted from the i
AGAR, Secretary.

CONSOLIDATED BANK (Limited).—
Subscribed Capital
Paid-up Capita 1...........
Reserve Fund lOO,OOO
JOHN PEMBERTON HEYWOOD, Esq., London and
Liverpool, Chairman.
MURRAY GLADSTONE, Esq., Manchester, Deputy-
Chairman.
London—City Office, 52, Threadneedle-street.
Manchester—Office, 46, Pall id :di.
Loudon —Charing-cross Branch, 450, West Strand.
Current accounts kept London on the terms ruling
with the Joint Stock Banks.
Deposit Accounts—Money will be received on deposit at
seven days' notice of withdrawal. The rate of interest al-
lowed will vary with the Bank rate, and will be announced
from time to time by public advertisement. The Bank will
also receive money on deposit fur a fixed period, at a rate
to be agreed upon.
Circular notes and letters of credit issued, and every other
description of banking business transacted.
By order,
T. J. AGAR, Secretary.

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JUSTICE TO IRELAND.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

While the universal cry, «Justice to Ireland," is
in everybody's mouth, I take leave, with a view of
putting the saddle upon the right horse, through
the columns of The Sun, to draw attention to a few
facts.

Not many years ago, " before an emigration such
as the world has never before witnessed," such was
the scramble for land in Ireland—" the bulk of the
Irish people are and were dependent upon agricul-
ture"—that they readily, greedily seized every op-
portunity of securing land regardless of the amount
of rent demanded. Among the landed proprietors
were several who were, and had been for some
years, heavily mortgaged to England, paying in-
terest, in some instances promising it, at the rate of
£5 to £6 per cent. per annum ; and it was not an
unusual thing for an Irish landlord, mortgaged to
the hall door, to raise the rent upon the unfortunate
tenant, upon capital expended by him in the im-
provement of the landlord's property.

Many of the landlords of that period, putting the
family pedigree aside, could boast of little but pride
and poverty, yet being blessed with "long families,"
failing both the means and the inclination to have
their sons brought up to professions, wherein they
might have learnt that " property has its duties as
well as its rights," and where, by diligence and ap-
plication, position and independence were to be
secured, one and all were carefully trained to the less
lucrative yet still gentlemanly occupations, pastimes
in England--enjoyed mostly by heads of families—
of
illyon to money,
a sharp it became
of hunting, shooting, and so forth ; and in the ab-
saenndc ew oafs
a otherpart
ofm eathnes offamraili
look-out and to ascertain upon what farms improve-
ments had been carried out. Mind there were no
leases ; " the Irish tenant-at-will is virtually a serf ;"
he has " no abiding interest in the land he holds,"
Five per cent. or more of the rent had to be remitted
to the English creditor ; consequently, impoverished
land, let at a certain price per acre, being improved
by an outlay it became of a greater annual value,
when the landlord demanded a higher rental, not
upon his own investment, but upon the capital and
industry of the tenants, who, having no leases,
merely " a temporary grasp of the holding which
supported them and their families," were necessi-
tated either to:submit to the increased demand, or
driven, " left the shores of the country to pursue
their fortunes in a foreign land."
Some years since, when there was a scarcity of
gold in England, and there are persons still living
who can bear evidence of the fact, that when Irish
tenants were paying rents to Irish landlords, a
period when banking accommodation, discounts,
and paper currency were alike limited, there being
but one bank in the country, and that bank having
but one or two branches, that the landlords were
squeezing the rents from the tenants in guineas,
and which were only received by them as light gold
at 20s. and 21s. each, while the same coins in Eng-
land were at a considerable premium, in some in-
stances as high as 275.
The Incumbered Estate Court has been termed a
gain and a boon to Ireland ; be that as it may, the
working has in many instances been ruin to England.
Previous to the passing of that act, considerable
sums had been advanced by English capitalists on
mortgage to Irish landlords. Still further to facili-
tate and encourage the flow of capital into that part
of the United Kingdom, a bill had been prepared
and brought into the House of Commons by an
Irish M.P., and who was also an Irish landlord, and
which afterwards became an Act of Parliament, and
is known as " Lynch's Act," which empowered
English trustees, subject to a reference to the Eng-
lish Court of Chancery, to buy out Irish funds upon
Irish mortgages. This was readily taken advantage
of by the legal profession, not only of Ireland, but
of that of England also. The solicitors of the bor-
rowers and lenders, in " union of heart and spirit,"
soon arrived at an understanding ; a sum to include
costs was agreed to, and under '° Lynch's Act" con-
siderable sums were advanced, in not a few instances
upon insufficient security, to the great detriment, if
not the ruin, of many innocent parties.
Under this boon to Ireland, the Incumbered Estate
Court, land not unfrequently changed hands at ten
years' purchase or a little over, which, to save the
consciences of trustees advancing other people's
money, had been valued at twenty, in some instances
at twenty-five, years' purchase. By this act legal
means were provided by which borrowers were
enabled to repay lenders at the rate of 103. in the
pound—an easy mode of raising capital for an im-
poverished country without an appeal to the sympa-
thies of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Is this
what is called " a marvellous power of enchantment
in the promoting of just and fair dealing ?"
I have seen somewhat of Ireland, and have been,
and still am, in the habit of meeting Irishmen, and
on many occasions I have heard it advanced by
Irishmen, that whatever misfortunes or disasters
befall Irish landlords they richly deserve them.
In drawing attention to the facts that I have
stated, I have acted upon the principle that reform
should begin at home ; still there are other Irish
grievances to which the Government must not be
indifferent. England has " played the role of the
greatest revolutionist in Europe.e The English
press and Englishmen, with but few exceptions,
approved, nay sanctioned, whqt was termed the
conversion, call it by what name you may, of the
Church property in Italy to the purposes of the
State. Iu the case of Poland, the same power ex-
cited, nay aroused, the sympathies of what is desig-
nated the civilised world. No less an authority ththa
Earl Russell had declared publicly, that nations
have a right, without any foreign interference, to
choose their own forms of government. Witness
what is written in reference to the occupation of
Rome by the French.
Any suggestion in the case of the Irish Church
Establishment is denounced by the English press—
that same press that upheld the conversion in Italy,
at an attempt at confiscation, spoliation, robbery,
and so forth. If the Irish are dissatisfied with their
present form of government, and it is admitted on
all hands that reforms are necessary, why is it that
that which is allowed by English Statesmen as a
right to other nations, in the case of Ireland is to
be put down as rebellion, treason, felony, and so
forth ? The Irish have not forgotten " aliens in
religion, strangers in blood." Reverse the case.
Let an attempt be made to saddle, nay impose, the
Roman Catholic Church of Ireland upon Protestant
England, how long would 22,000 soldiers and 12,000
constabulary be able to keep in subjection this
" peaceful and peace-loving people ?"
The aristocracy of England is generally and de-

servedly respected. The case, however, is clear ;
the higher appointments in the Established Church,
both in England and Ireland, are in the gift of the
Ministry, and as these offer comfortable provisions
for the younger sons of the nobility the system is
not likely to be modified but under pressure.
I must not conclude without quoting from the
Standard of a late date. After mentioning, under
the head "Ireland," that " the marriage of Lord Bra-
bazon, son of the Earl of Meath, a popular land-
lord in Wicklow, with Lady Mary Jane Maitland,
daughter of the Earl of Lauderdale, which took
place at St. George's, Hanover-square, yesterday,"
continues : "At Rathdt um the tenants dined, under
the presidency of the agents, and various toasts
were drunk. The Rev. Mr. Murphy, a Roman
Catholic priest, in replying to the toast of the
tenants, said that if other landlords followed the
example of the Earl of Meath there would be less
Fenianism, if any at all." This nevds no comment.