The Sun.
London, England, 1868-01-16 00:00:00

THE WRECKED MAIL STEAMER.

CORK, Jan. 16.
The Chicago separated last night, and is com-
pletely broken ❑p.

A vast body of people lined the shore, many of
them for plunder. In the course of the night s•:ine
of them, who were carrying off property washed in,
were fired at and one man was shot.

ANTI-FEN _V ISM AT Sill? Ell' Sa R

SkiIt:,WSBLTRY, Jan. 16.

•
There being rumours of Fenian sympathisers
amongst the Irish here, a deputation, beaded by
Father Hopkins, attenled the police court this
morning, and presented an address on behalf of the
Roman Catholics of Shrewsbury, denouncing Fe-
nianism, and declaring their willingness to be sworn
in as special constables.

LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK.

MEETING THIS DAY.

The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the pro-
prietors of this bank was held to-day, in the board.
room of the bank, Princes-street, Mansion House,
under the presidency of Mr. J. Knowles.

The report, which was read by Mr. Burrows,
the secretary, states :—" The directors have much
pleasure in placing before the shareholders the
annexed statement of the liabilities and assets of
the bank and of the profit and loss account for the
half-year ending the 31st ultimo, by which it will
be seen that the bank has made a net profit of
£63,102 4s. ld., including £2,175 18s. 4d. brought
forward from the 30th June ; this sum, together
with £4,397 15s. 11d. taken from the guarantee
fund, the directors have appropriated in payment
of the usual dividend at the rate of 121 per cent.
per annum. In pursuance of the resolution of the
general meeting of the 25th July last the issue of
the remaining 8,000 new shares has been made, and
the directors have the satisfaction to acquaint the
proprietors that the subscribed capital of the bank
is now four millions, divided into 80,000 shares of
£5O each, paid up to the extent of £l5 per share,
thus making the paid up capital of the bank
£1,200,000 entitled to participate in the profits
from the Ist of January. The guarantee fund,
in accordance with the resolution of the meeting
held on the 12th July last, has been credited with
£BO,OOO, the amount of premium upon the above
8,000 shares, and now amounts to £418,509 Os. 5d."
The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, hoped
that the accounts would be deemed satisfactory
when the depressed state of the commercial world
during the last six months was taken into account.
The directors had completed the issue of 8,000
shares. The £200,000 of additional capital would
participate in profits from the Ist inst. The bank
had made no bad debts during the past half-year.
Mr. G. T. BROOKING seconded the motion, which
was carried unanimously, and

A dividend at the rate of 12} per cent. per annum
having been declared, free of income tax,
The retiring directors were unanimously re-
elected, and the proceedings terminated in the cus-
tomary manner.

THE ALLIANCE BANK (LIMITED.)

MEETING THIS DAY.

The general meeting of the shareholders of this
bank was held to-day, at the City Terminus Hotel,
Mr. Chaytor in the chair.

The report of the directors has already appeared.
The Chairman, in moving its adoption, said
that up to the 20th of December the directors
were pleasing themselves with the idea that the
report would show a slow but certain and sure
progress in the advancement of the affairs of the
bank, but on that day it was announced that bad
debts had been incurred in Liverpool which de-
stroyed all their hopes. But in justice to their
colleagues at Liverpool, he was bound to say that
up to or at the present time the business of that
branch had been managed with the greatest care.
(Hear, hear.) It is doubly unfortunate that this
loss should have been incurred at the present time,
when money is so low ; at any other period the loss
would have been comparatively unimportant. The
profits on the Liverpool branch were £7,400 during
the last half-year, and the bad debts £6,900.

METROPOLITAN BANK (LIMITED).

MEETING THIS DAY.

The first ordinary general meeting of the proprie-
tors of this bank was held to-day at the London
Tavern—Alderman Sir R. W. Carden in the chair.

The following report was presented and adopted:
" After making provision for bad and doubtful
debts, for interest paid to consumers, as well as
rebate and current expenses, the profit and loss ac-
count exhibits a balance of £12,392 Gs. Gd. (out of
which an interim dividend at the rate of 5 per
cent. per annum was paid to the 30th June last), a
result which, considering the low rate of interest
during the last year, will, it is hoped, be deemed
satisfactory. The directors recommend that a di-
vidend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum (free of
income tax) be declared, leaving £2,392 Gs. 6d. to
be carried to the credit of profit and loss new ac-
count."