The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1844.

IMPERIAL. PARLIAMENT.

gradations of official and ministerial labour. To narrow
the limits of those schools—in many instances to break
them up, and disperse the elements of which they
are composed to the winds—was the object of that
measure. It was prevented from passing into law
solely by the force of public opinion. The combined
opposition of the Wesleyans, acting in close and friendly
co-operation with the various denominations of regular
Dissenters, accomplished its defeat. Ministers—who
would have willingly conciliated the High Church
party by this " effective check upon the active and
aggressive spirit of Dissent"—were compelled to with-
draw the measure. They abandoned their Bill.
They retired, discomfited and confounded, before the
power they had provoked, and of the formidable num-
bers and influence of which in the country they were
manifestly ignorant. But the disposition which pro-
duced, and pertinaciously persisted in pressing the Bill
upon the House of Commons, to the latest moment that
there existed a possibility of carrying it, will not be
soon forgotten by the religious bodies whose schools
and societies it assailed, and threatened with extinc-
tion. The sectaries, thus exasperated, will not be
easily propitiated. Recently delivered from so great
peril and danger, were the Wesley ars to give their sup-
part to a candidate pledged to the policy of the Govern-
ment which devised that insidious and effective engine
against their schools, they would be inviting a repetition
of the attempt, and would also provide the means of
rendering it successfuL This influential body, and, in
South Lancashire, comparatively numerous portion of
the county constitue.icy, are too wise in their
generation to act so foolishly. Besides, on
the present occasion, the Conservative candidate
is not merely committed to the policy of the
ministry which brought forward that illiberal and
odious Bill ; he has personally avowed principles, and
delivered himself of sentiments, which plainly show
that he, at least, is prepared, whenever opportunity
offers, to originate, or aid in carrying out, the very
purposes of the—in more senses than one—abandoned
Factory Education Bill. We refer to a re-publication,
most opportunely put forth, of Mr. Entwistle's opi-
nions, as explained by that gentleman at the Man-
chester election in 1841, when he was a defeated can-
didate. Mr. Entwisle's opinions on those subjects have
undergone no change. And yet, with a courage
truly admirable—with a dependence on the forget-
fulness, or forgiveness, of the religious denominations
he has there unchristianised Mr. Entwisle now
comes forward and asks their votes. He seeks a seat in
the Legislature. For what? Why, if there be any
truth, or consistency, in him, that he may increase
the power of the Church, by aiding the Government to
discourage, limit and, if possible, destroy the educational
institutions and the religious operations of the sectaries
throughout the land. Such a candidate may solicit aid
to his views from such quarters. The answer will be
an indignant refusal, accompanied by an avowed deter-
mination to vote for the friend of religious as well as of
commercial freedom, from every man who knows and
feels his duty to the religious denomination of which he
is a member.

HOUSE Or' COMMONS, May 22.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock, at
which time there were exactly forty Members present.
Mr. WARBURTON presented petitions against
the bastardy clause in the New Poor-law.
Captain PLUMRIDGE presented a petition from
the Dissenters of Falmouth, against the Dissenters
Chapel Bill.
Mr. WARBURTON brought up the report of the
Medical Poor Relief Committee, which was ordered
to be printed.
Lord SANDON presented petitions from sixteen of
the building societies of Liverpool, against any enact-
ments which render the builders of cottages
liable to the poor-rate ; also a petition from the
journeyman coopers of Liverpool, praying the House
to take into consideration the distressed state of their
trade ; and a petition from the Liverpool Chamber of
Commerce, praying the house to take measures to
cause landing waiters to be paid partly by fees.
SLAVE TRADE SUPPRESSION.

On the motion of Sir G. CLERK leave was given
to bring in a Bill to enable her Majesty to carry into
effect the existing treaties for the suppression of the
slave trade.
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,reorge Barnes, police-constable, 194 G, was charged
with an assault an the person of Edward Joyce, a shoe
maker, residing at No. 62, College-court, Cow-cross.
On Monday Joyce applied to Mr. Greenwood for a
warrant against the prisoner ; his face was on that occa-
sion covered with blood and contusions. The warrant
was granted.
The complainant deposed that on Saturday night, or
rather Sunday morning last, about a quarter past twelve,
being somewhat under the influence of liquor, he was
Standing in Cow-cross, within a few paces of his own
door, talking to his wife, when the policeman came up
and told him to walk on, and at the same gave him a
shove. Witness said he would walk on, but requested
of the officer not to do so again. Witness then walked
on a few paces further, to the corner of College-coart,
where he was giving his wife some money to redeem an
article of clothing at the pawnbroker's. The prisoner said
"If you don't go on I'll make you go," and whilst witness
was quietly standing beside his wife, with both hands in
his pockets, the prisoner, seizing him by the back of the
neck, gave him such a push that he fell with great vio-
lence on the pavement, and remained quite insensible
there for five minutes ; he bled from the mouth
and nose, and also from the wounds (which were now
visible) on his face. When he recovered the prisoner
said he would take him to the station-house ; and wit-
ness said he had no objection to go there. A gentle-
man who came up at the moment said, "it would have
been better to have taken him to the station-house than
used him in that manner." Witness's wife made the
same remark, whereupon the prisoner turned round to
her and said, "You b-- b—, if you don't go away
ni do the same to you." The constable went away
soon after, and did not take witness or his wife (who was
perfectly sober) into custody.
Mr. GREENWOOD inquired if pawnbrokers kept their
shops open so late as half-past twelve at night ; and
was told by inspector Barton that they did on Saturday
night, in order to give the poor an opportunity of re•
deeming. •ticl,—, of clothi- • f 'he Sabbath.

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.)
Notwithstanding the decline in the cotton market,
consequent upon the recent intelligence from the United
States, the market here yesterday was tolerably steady,
and a fair amount of business was done both in goods
and yarn, in some few cases at a slight decline, but gene-
rally at the prices of last week.
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, MAX 20.
There has been a brisk demand for flannels to-day, con-
sidering that it is the time of the year when this business
is usually the flattest. There hare not been so many-
merchants in the market ; but some of the large manu-
facturers have bought rather freely. The wool market
is much the same as it has been for several weeks.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YASTERDAY.)
MANSION-HOUSE.

In consequence of the accident which occurred on
Sunday last, at London-bridge, by the upsetting of a
boat crowded with children, some of whom were
drowned, the Lord Mayor gave directions that the of
cers of the Watermen's Company should attend at the
Justice-room to answer for what his Lordship considered
to be the gross neglect of their duty, exemplified in a
particular manner by that calamity.
Mr. Banyon, the clerk to the Watermen's Company,
and one of the beadles of the Company, having ap-
peared,

Jrning ar, !es of clothing for wear on the Jath.
Peter Queen, a labourer, residing in Lily-court, Saf-
ron-hill, who had been out of Court whilst the com-
plainant was giving his evidence, corroborated the above
statement in most respects. The man was lying on the
pavement for five minutes after the officer knocked him
down. He seemed to be insensible, and bled a great
deal. The policeman told witness to lift the man up,
and witness told the policeman to do so, as he had
knocked him down. The prisoner attempted to kick the
complainant's wife, and made a kick at her. His foot
touched her dress, but could not say that it reached her
person. Witness told the prisoner he ought to be ashamed
of himself.
Sarah Joyce, wife of the complainant, deposed that
when the prisoner knocked her husband down, she ex-
claimed, " You ought to be ashamed of yourself for
treating the man in that way." Her husband was bleed-
ing and insensible. The policeman told Queen to pick
him up, when Queen refused, and said, " Oh, look at the
man's blood." The officer observed, " Oh, it is only white
blood." The prisoner made a kick at her, which, if she
had received, she could not have got the better of. He
called her a foul name.
The policeman's defence was that Joyce was in the
habit of getting drunk, and resisted him in the execu-
tion of his duty on this occasion. He had not struck
him. He took Joyce into custody, but he was rescued.
Mr. GREENWOOD—Did you report that at the station-
house ? Policeman—l did,
Mr. GnEgNwoon—To whom ? Policeman—To Ser-
geant Gray.
Inspector. Barton—lf you had, it would have been
communicated to the inspector, but it was not.
Policeman—Oh, but I did not tell the sergeant until
Sunday evening. The sergeant is not here.
Mr. GREENWOOD observed that the complainant had
been seriously injured, and he believed the policeman
had used w great deal of violence. He was now, how-
ever, only punishing him for the assault, for which he
would fine him 21.

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The LORD MAYOR said he lamented to find that in
consequence of the very great irregularity of those who
were allowed to exercise power on the river (he meant
the Watermen's Company), and the inactivity of their
officers, persons were permitted to ply with boats unfit
fir use, and that one of the consequences of such neglect
or oversight was the loss, on Sunday, of the lives of
seven children.

The beadle here remarked that no more than three
lives were supposed to have been lost.
The LORD lihvon said that those were known to
have been drowned; but the general belief was that
seven perished. He desired to be informed why persons
were permitted to crowd their boats to such dangerous
excess? He had received many letters calling his at-
tention to the state of the river, and the extraordinary
latitude which the watermen took in the neighbourhood
of London-bridge, by which human life was constantly
endangered. If proper regulations were adopted and
carried into effect, disasters of the kind would not be
heard o£

The beadle said that he attended the stairs at London-
bridge when directed to perform that duty, but when-
ever he appeared, the conduct of the watermen and
others who were in the habit of working on the river,
was unexceptionable. If any miscondect took place, the
difficulty occurred as to the person upon whom to
charge it.
The LORD MAYOR said it was quite evident that the
moment the beadle of the Watermen's Company with,-
drew from the place from which he could observe what
was passing, the objectionable course was resumed, and
boats, some of which were wholly unfit for use, were
crowded with, children, who paid a penny each for the
amusement which, in the case of Sunday last, had been
converted into so awful a calamity.
Mr. Banyon said, that at the present time the Water-
men's Company was altogether powerless. They eonld
do nothing against persons who under such circum-
stances conveyed multitudes in boats which were not li-
censed. There were rules before the Court of Alder-
men,whichif passed by that body, a ould enable the
Watermen's Company to exercise the necessary authority.
For two years and a half they had been before that
Court. Under the existing regulations, the Company
could not punish any except the owners of boats, and in
the case to which his Lordship had especially alluded,
the person who took the children on board was a lad 17
or 18 years of age, and not the owner, and the boat it-
self was not licensed.
The Loan MAYOR—It is quite absurd to say that be
cause a boat is not licensed no responsibility attaches to
the individual who crowds it with passengers, or that
the owner is the only person of whom the law can take
hold. That would indeed be giving an immunity to all
unprivileged persons, and would operate as a premium
upon the absence of those very qualifications required
by law. If any doubt be entertained by the Company
as to their power in such a case as this, which so
strongly appealsrr sympathies, why are not such
cases
edto to our
er Lord Mayor? Why aze not the
re f
e
boats which are found conveying crowds of children
seized, and taken in carts to the Green-yard? I can
tell you that I am willing to take the responsibility upon
myself, and I shall most certainly give orders calculated
to put an end to the inactive and negligent course by
which such shocking disasters are occasioned. If the
Watermen's Company cannot act in suck eases, of what
Use are they?—Mr. Banyon said the Company had
at one time a bye-law, which it was considered
gave them the power of effectually remedying
the evil of which his Lordship complained, but
a conviction under it had been quashed in the Court of
Queen's Bench, and it was thus shown to be unavailable.
The rules at present before the Court of Aldermen, how-
ever, would supply the existing defect, by enabling the
Watermen's Company to punish, without the obligation
to ascertain either name or number. At present nothing
could bo done without legal proofs.
The LORD MAYOR—Tho rules before the Court of
Aldermen are to a different effect from that which you
state. There is no difficulty in this matter at all. You
have a right to presume that the man in the boat who
exercises authority is the owner. Bring him here, I
shall treat him as the owner. _

. Policeman (who seemed amazed)—l have not the
money.
Mr. GREENWOOD—Then you will go to prison for
21 days.
He was then locked up, but the fine was paid soon
after, and he was set at liberty. His discharge from the
force will follow as a necessary consequence of convic-
tion before a magistrate.
Mary Anne Mullins, a woman of the town, was charged
with violently assaulting Bridget Allen of No. 24, Church-
street, St. Giles's.
The prisoner was quarrelling with a poor woman
named Sullivan, who is largely pregnant, on the previ-
ous evening. The complainant interfered, and begged
the prisoner not to touch Mrs. Sullivan, on account
of her delicate condition. The prisoner exclaimed with an
oath, " If she had twenty within her, I would trample
them out of her," and rushed towards Mary Sullivan.
The complainant attempted to push her back, whereupon
the prisoner seized her by the hair of the head, dragged
her towards the kennel, and there threw her on the
kerb-stone with so much violence that the unfortunate
woman's collar-bone was broken. She was removed to
the University Hospital, and conveyed from thence to the
Court this morning. She appeared to be suffering much
pain.
Mr. GREENWOOD fined the prisoner 51., or two months'
imprisonment.

Mr. Banyon said the person who managed the boat
that was swamped was a mere lad, who could not be the
owner. _ _

The LORD MAYOR stated that he could easily get at
the owner through means of the boy, and that it was
monstrous to say that on an occasion of such public
consequence, involving human life so fearfully, there
was no present power of interfering.
Mr. lianyon—With respect to the practice of taking
numbers of children on board, that, my Lord, can be
prevented with the assistance of the police. There are
but three places in the City from which they can embark.
The LORD MAYOR—So, we are to employ the police to
do your duty ! No, no. The Watermen's Company must
do their duty. Pray what proceedings have been
adopted to regalate the sine of the wherries on the river?
Mr. Banyon—We have a scale, and, according to the
measurement, they are bound to carry no more than a
certain number. The boat which was unfortunately
swamped on Sunday last, was, as I said before, not li-
censed, but if it were licensed, it would not, according to
our scale, be allowed to carry more than four persons.
The LORD MAYOR—And she had on board fourteen
poor children. lam convinced that not only are boats
of the kind overloaded, but that boats ply on the river
which aro not recognised by the. Act,
Mr. Banyort—The boats which ply on the river about
the City, are, I assure your Lordship, capable in every re-
spect. The old ones are almost entirely annihilated. There
are few at all in existence. The boats used above bridge
for amusement arc certainly most dangerous, but we
have no power over them at all. The Watermen's Com-
pany are most anxious to suppress so fatal an evil as that
to which your Lordship's attention has been called, but
they have no power at all except that under the 38th
section of the Act,
The Leta) MAYOR-,-In my opinion the wisest way
will be to take all power out of their hands. It is cer-
tainly beyond the shadow of a doubt that they do not
attend to the duty which has, amongst the obligations
that influence it, the protection of the lives of our fellow
they find are nt licenoed,•othei:Wise any
creatures, '.theyhl.l are bonnd to seize lleqtl wllioll
o
per on may a 6
wh4t he pleases with a boat, provided hp do not hay p it
licensed. The consequence 3 of neglect or inactivity in
affairs of life and death are too serious to be made mere
matters of conversation or n3enace, An end Must be
put to such practices on the river as lead to irreparable
calamities, and I shall take care to represent the circum-
stances to the Court of Aldermen, and to recommend to
them to take all the power the Watermen's Company
have out of their hands altogether.
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Mr. Banyon stated to the Lord Mayor that he should her, lam surd you would do it. Pray forgive me, and do
faithfully report his Lordship's impression upon the oblige me this once.—Yours, in great grief, NATIONAL BANK OilßELAsNhapre:
The ninth annual general meeting of the ~4
subject to the Watermen's Company, and respectfully "To Chas. Dickens, Esq. " JOHN WALKER."
withdrew. Fourth letter:— " May 9, 1844.
Ten able-bodied young women, who have been some . Sir,—fray holders in the National Bank of Ireland was 0
" S ray forgive my persecuting you this way, my wife yesterday, '
is dangerously ill, and I have not money to buy medicine or in the Board-room of the Bank, 13,1"
time inmates of the East London Union Workhouse, Old Broad-street.
anything for her • pray forgive me this annoyance. I am
were brought up, charged with having acted most riot- single-handed—not a soul to help me—like but one man on On the motion of T. LAMIE MURRAY, ESqt j* 6
ously. board a ship dismasted, water-logged, and every way so Ruding Esq., was called to the chair.
Mr. Baylis, the chief of the guardians of the East crippled, that sink or starve I must, unless a friendly vessel '
London Union, stated that the guardians upon visiting heaves in sight and saves me. I implore you to hold out a C. RudinF, Esq.:, ui.,a,:a,
prileNtroersob‘Nse.errle'edptrheasetntthe:_foeill.owing Directors andirior:
the house on Wednesday, found it in a most horrible friendly, a benevolent hand to me once more, and help inc . man ; T. L. Murray, Esq., Maurice 0 Connell, '-'5.1
state of confusion and uproar. The prisoners, who had to administer to a wife who is ill indeed. lam most grate-
a place allotted to themselves, separate from that allotted tel for what you have done, beyond words to express.—Pray ' h James Meade E J. J. Keene, 1,51,
pardon this ; it shall be the last annoyance from, Sir, your Robert Sutton un., Esq., Hon. Colonel Leicester
Stan ho, sq., Fowler
to the old and respectable inmates, had locked up the
matron and assistant matron.in the room with them, and very grateful servant, " JOHN WALKER." i John Rawson, Esq., F. B. Renshaw, Esq., 1 r
whee e $
refused to let them out, and at the same time broke the I iftli letter : " Sunday, May 12. i Newsom, Esq., A. P. Johnson, Esq., W.,,L. "i—wo.
"Sir, Did I not deem that I should he an.acoessory to my
.: Esq., J. Wheeler, Esq., John Green, rAscl..k -c.a,
table, and did other mischief, which could not be re- wife's death,— if I did not use every means in my power to
paired under 41. They had commenced the row on Sun- save her, I would not again write to you. I have no rela- - ' ' " lee . Esq.'
ford) Charles Rule Esq Charles Biancorn, P'sl
day morning, and actually kept it up until Wednesday, tion to apply to ; who then can I, but the stranger who has (Clonmel), H. M. Jones, Esq., J. L. W.,,,hee
when it became necessary to call in the aid of the police. been my friend ? You class him among the common cases William King, Esq., E. J. Daniell, .r,gll.l4entriasrii
The assistant matron, it appeared, had taken their that make appeal to you. Supposing so, and lam one of Baxter, &q., John Ranson, Esq. (ffitchin), 1"
breakfasts to the defendants, who swore they would not 500 poor wretches who are wrecked, and are floating down Maher, Esq., M.P., and J. B. Bacon, Esq.
accept their victuals from the hands of a pauper ; and the stream of adversity, would you not hold out your hand The CHAIRMAN said he was happy
the matron having subsequently gone into the room, all ton s•avi e me? My brother James was wrecked in the Baltic, Shareholders on this their ninth meeting, itna 0
the girls moved towards the door, detained them in the u
Inanity
life, with others, was savedie entirely through the hu-
pressed his regret that it should become his 'duty ~..
place, which they filled with most frightful screams,
doing.y 'Tis atrnifee,rso,wwrhoookpeisrial deven their own lives in so
take the in of the navoidable Pt,
more exciting scene than a chair consequence
alternated with filthy songs and choruses. familsuffering every privation at home • but is it a worse sence of the Governor of the Bank, Daniel O'C°
The defendants—Well ! Thoy locked us up without scene? Look at n in '• le now, poverty, with four helpless Esq., M.P. called
a fire. children, with a wife near dying, worn to death through want been
Mr. N. S. KING, the Secretary, having er
The LORD MAYOR—Fire ! What do you want with a and anxieties. I tell no untruth. Come and look at her CO/
fire at this season ? The defendants—Why others have yourself—look at us all—inquire minutely into everything, on by the Chairman, read the advertisement
it, and why should not we? We are as good as them. and you will find I have done all I could do to avert this. When ing the meeting.
etarY t°
to meet,
el.
The matron said that fire was kept in the infirmary' my wife lies a corpse, and lam left with my children, it shall The CHAIRMAN then called upon the Seer ad 0
never be said they were left motherless through the supineness read the report, which was accordingly rea
d
was in the rooms of the old people, to whose existence it
of their father. Sir, you have depicted the horrors of misery follows ,
was necessary.
a,nd, want, strongly—come and witness an illustration. The "—
The defendants—They shove us our victuals in through
tatner wuo, not long since, was goaded by misfortune and The Directors of the National Bank of Irelaadiliolarefero,
a holb in the door, and why should we stand that? senting the ninth annual report to the ShilLerk t.b..
failures in his appeal to the rich, and in desperation hurried
The matron stated that their dinners had been handed his children untimely into eternity, following their shades to have to revert to the events which occurred au in oult•
into them through an aperture in the door, in conso- make retribution in another world, was not, in his circum- year 1842, and exerted so powerful an influence. to jar
quence of their violent conduct, which was sufficient to stances, so badly off as I am—his wife was well—he had tating against the usual prosperity of the batuu"iisiag
deter anybody from approaching them. solicited alms of the rich in the City, and they were deaf to rest generally, by interposing a difficulty in Tr under
The LORD MAYOR sent the defendants to Giltspur. his appeal, though a pound or so would have saved him, and, profits equal to those which have been obtained
street Compter, to undergo the rigours of confinemeht perhaps, his soul ; when the deed was done they heaped gold more favourable circumstances. Wei
there for fourteen days. in the lap of the poor, lone, bereft widow. Oh ! what pangs The continued depression in trade, and the callt.,„id
CL:tRICENWELL. must each piece have conveyed to her heart, to think, to
know, that one of earth's baubles would have saved her hus- reduction in prices,_linve co-cyerated to limitocc them a—,iioo..
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nolice-,--

band and her poor children. It is the curse of the world to
like morbid cases—[the Magistrate here said, "Very true, it
is so"]—this you know, Sir. I -ask you again, Sir, as a man
—a fellow-creature--nothing more—in God's name to help
me. At the year's end you will be as rich a man, and one
thing certain, a better man, good as you may be. Grief
drives me to this, not rudeness. "J. WALKER."
Sixth and last letter:—
"5, Mitre-street, Webber-street, Lambeth,
Friday, May 17.
"Sir,—My poor wife is dead, God rest her soul She is now
in Heaven, I trust, for she was a good mother and a good
wife. In few words, can you spare a few crumbs that fall
from your table for my children. I shall be grateful.
"Yours, in the lowest depth of misery,
" To Chas. Dickens, Esq." "JOHN WALKER.
Mr. Dickens said that upon the receipt of the letter last
read, he caused inquiry to be instituted at the writer's re-
s►dence, with the view of ascertaining if the statement made
to him was correct, and if it were so it was his intention to
afford assistance; but it was discovered that the wife who, as
alleged, was dead, was still living. Under these circumstances
he had communicated to the Mendicity Society, in whose
hands he placed all the letters now produced. It was painful
to him to appear in such a matter as the present, but as a vast
namber of applications for relief were continually forwarded
to his residence, and having been fully satisfied that the
statement with regard to the woman's death was a fabrica-
tion, he considered that he had no other alternative than that
of coining forward.
Mr. Sturm, the chief clerk to the Mendicity Society,
proved that the letters were in the handwriting of the pri-
soner, and the latter admitted that such was the case. Wit-
ness had upon many occasions paid money to the prisoner,
which had been sent for his use by Noblemen and other gentle-
men ; but latterly, in consequence of repeated applications
made by him (prisoner) to various parties, he had not been
encouraged.
Witness, in reply to questions from the worthy Magistrate,
Mr. Rawlinson, said that on the previous evening, between
seven and eight o'clock, he went to 5, Mitre-street, and the
door was opened by a child. The prisoner, who came down,
led him into a back kitchen, and in answer to questions, he
said he was in very great distress, so much so as to be total],

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for the resources of the Bank, and thereby u- those
large amount of its means to be diverted fronl or
channels whence the profits of the Compaq hale
ally been derived in periods of greater prosperitl.....,ao
The Directors have carefully watched the brjoir
transacted during the past year, and have taken 'ibet
tage of every opportunity of extending it, vihe:1101,
..!
considered such extension to be safe and beoe"cie
they feel confident, by a steady perseverance o
course, together with a constant supervision
affairs of the Bank, that the result will prove
tory to the Proprietors. a,OOl
The difficulty of finding employment for Inn„,ll:etors
the low rate of interest obtained, induced the I'l4 in
to reduce the annual dividend from 6 to 5 per ee"oc,;ol‘
adopting this measure their object has been ti),,,e
the best interests of the Proprietors ; at the sn—nresto"
the Directors have to assure them that frora tbe,.:oo
i
prospects of the Bank, they have a firm relian—vellie,.°'
increasing prosperity, proportionate to the iniPr°' of we
that may take place in the trade and comineree
country. be eigle
The Directors hope that no alteration g
the Government in the laws relating W bniliteto;
Ireland that can have a tendency to limit the boye.„'
of accommodations which the joint-stock bankgiotertiv
present the power of affording to the respeeti"
in that country, where the absence of private .
too
has been one of the chief causes which have n...bsfore tb
the development of its resources, and it is thel'i,bio'
more necessary that a sound and liberal sYstegu the
ing should exist, and that no measures 0,000
adopted that would deprive the joint-stet& ton'alic, S 6
capability of meeting the requirements of the Pare 1
the effect would be to oppress the industry of tba
cultural ad commrcial classes.
Itu now remains for the Directors to lay be°
Proprietors the usual statements of account :--
The undivided profits at Dec. 1842,
were

4 °
£3l,3''',g 1 4
18,219 9
49,536
Deduct half-year's dividend for 0
Midsummer, 1843 XlO,5OO} 19,250
- .

unable to procure even a scanty meal. Witness told him he
thought it was a pity that his wife didn't take in needle
work to help to support her family, when he said that she
had been ill, but was now much better, and that she would
soon get into employ. Upon the prisoner's admission that
his wife was living, he (prisoner) was given into custody,
and after ke was locked up, witness went back to the house,
where he saw the wife and her four children, who were evi-
dently in very great distress. He gave the poor woman a trifle
from his own pocket, and afterwards went to the station-
house, and afforded relief to the prisoner. lie had previously
ascertained that the wife had really been very ill.
Mr. Itiwurtsox (to Mr. Knyvett)—The prisoner has, no
doubt, done wrong ; but here is a case of great distress, and
that distress is proved out of the mouth of your own officer.
After that, do you really wish me to commit this man ?
Mr. Knyvett—No, Sir, I do not.
Mr. RAWLINSON (to the prisoner)—What have you to say?
Primer (after some hesitation, and in a faint tone of
voice)—l wrote that last letter at the eleventh hour, when
we were so badly off that I knew not what to do. I am
sorry that I overstepped the truth in saying that my wife
was dead, but my motive was good, as we had not a bit of
bread to eat. I have been a clerk and accountant, and from
the period of my losing my last situation I have not been
able to support myself or my family.
Mr. Rawiltirsox—You are evidently a man of good educe
tion, but it cannot be denied, and even you admit it your-
self, that you have put forth a falsehood in your last letter
to Mr. Dickens. Under all the circumstances you are dis-
charged, and I am very sorry you have been brought here.
The poor man buret into tears, and before he quitted the
Court several persons therein relieved him, for which he was
truly grateful.

Net profits for the year ending
Dec. 1843

Do. do. do. do. Christmas 8,7503
...........,..•''
i
Leaving amount of undivided pro- 3t
fits at Dec. 1843 X30,266000,
There are now to be elected six Directors, °yovcie'
four are in the room of A. P. Johnson, E,scii). Sic";
Newsom, Esq., T. B. Henshaw, Esq., and necl lc 0
man, Esq., whose seats at the Board art' vacP.„" vivhe
tation, and all of whom (excepting Mr. Rlool_l-40 W 4"
deceased) are candidates for the office, and elig"' bobs-
re-elected; and two in the room of Directors
real
The J. C. RUDING, Chs;:;iltal
The CHAIRMAN moved that the report be r,,, frr
adopted, printed, and circulated among t"
prietors. ga tot
M. RaNcom, in seconding the motion, --,..ectorg
he had great pleasure in finding that the D'ob o°
had been enabled to lay before the meeting
agreeable state of their affairs. It was gra„tl-00,4eit
find that so small an amount had been taken o°oo Pr'
rest to pay the dividend. The amount taken 'tees, b°
rest was much less than, under the circumstan
had expected it would have been. jootisil•
The motion was then put, and carried unannhosell'
Mr. WHEELER then moved that A. P.A7,00
Esq., Fowler Newsom, Esq., and F. B•
~ Ph; retg
Esq., whose seats at the Board were vacated wi
,„
tion, should be re-elected Directors. tobsif V
The motion having been seconded, and po p ,
Chairman, was declared to be carried unanhVirtleti
The CHAIRMAN said it had now become trckal
to elect a Director in the room of S. 13. '"LI I°4
Esq., deceased. Charles Bianconi,
been proposed by Edward Brenan, Esq., of Water'
and seconded by Sir Benj. Morris Wall, of f the:
of Clomaioss ple
ford. Mr. Bianconi was known to InonY of
see!'
personally, and to all of them by character'
a gentleman of great respectability and glortane"ti,
and had been the artificer of his owntcb fila
(Cheers)—so that he would be likely teci to
the greatest care over the interests eene'e rejoin,
trust. The Board of Directors would be a (Au
to receive Mr. Bianconi as a colleague, aildlere, re,
mously recommended him to the SharehV t Ctrl
would now at once put the question, Oise of
Bianconi, Esq., of Clonmel, be elected eit.ilreloll
Board of Directors of the National Bank °A.
in the room of S. P. Rickman, Esq., deceased,
¢
if. v
The question having been put, : noel
The CHAIRMAN declared that Mr. ni° or
unanimously elected a Director.
Mr. BIANCONI felt much obliged the 11:4 °
for yet 60
conferred upon him by the Proprietors a tatcw
however, that they had imposed upon hilt,to iti 11
the performance of which he felt that be - cle10) a
quate. He would, however, use his best r'--ad Ile
to merit the honour which they had confer'
.0
liv
him. dea by'
tb.
On the motion of Mr. WHEELER, Sea/ otO to,
JOHN GREEN, of *Wexford, a vote of tinlogree(ltho
Chairman and Directors was unaniraousl
The CHAIRMAN briefly returned thanks`'
meeting broke up.
...... OP
- - - We ril°l
We regret to state that the Hon. Charles yestereo,
youngest son of Lord Wharncliffe, eXPiredloorst,gr of
morning at the house of his brother in GK.° doe deo'
He was 34 years of age, and married to 6 .41011 ,v
the Duke of Rutland, by whom he had se°°,!,:asS. of
, v5...-_,os ;i
THE NEW SPORTING NOVEL BY ,he F-:„0,'
This novel, which is announced as 011 : sitteo;reet,
making its appearance, will attract grs". oW:cite',
only on account of its being the productl°%sity eloolv
sporting writer of the day; but the arlohist 0 0.001,
towards it will be doubled by the alleged iltc draeint e'
every character introduced into the story'. 1,!,, blO.OlO
actual life, and will probably be recogelacTieshrte Is,',
those who have moved in the sporting isSsiu ton:,
circles during the last twenty years,_ w,,c,de defog
the period comprised in the novel of " 11).toctife,,,is0
The narrative itself, too, which takes the .1"1:
siatiSpoi
of an autobiography, is said to depict tn.!itry en 0°
varied career of an individual of no 0rdp_',49,,,„,00
celebrity, who still occupies a conspicuo,T„ed et Pi'Sore
turf, and whose absence from the Grand bl'esialog
on the " Derby Day" would portend Will
than a change in the odds: of
Lail
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