The Express.
London, England, 1855-02-03 00:00:00

THE ROYAL BRITISH BANS.

Ireeterday, the eamel neural =oft !It _the Pro'
Osten 41 teis esupseg ores Meet theleeereeen
the leieel, to Teethe lie some end abstruse beleseraltest
of the leek forth. ended IS UN ilat Danaher lad,.
dealsratien of di he the bit beityear, mad to alit
'adjure and direetes Ike weft year. Mr. CELILIS
Wniron, the gereemer Ite the pee year, occupied the
ehair.

PADDIIIION, thin WWl* at the bask in the abases,
from illness, of Mr.Oameren, the gemseal manager, reed the
report of the dbreatees for the last year and aconmpanying
statement of EIMPINE, an abstract of which appeared in the
Daily New yestriabg.
Mr. Crim.ort, la movieg the adoption of the report, eon-
gratalatod the aeeieg on the removal of the impedimen's
which bed teas been *rows in the way of their obtaining
a supplameatal simeter, by which they would be enabled to
increase their esesusencing capitol from 100,00 W., as filed
by the original abarter, to 600,000 L Bosse of the share-
holders might bare *Ought that a larger dividend would
bare been AMA * them this year ; bat, for his pert, he
*nett that mei dieldeads wen the safest to declare at
the °sleet of ea imperiaut trading omens, ea they might
now 'onside, tide* be. (Roar, hear.
The moths figt *e @depths of the) report, having been
setanded. IBM serried y.
The easeftg then prereeeded to fill up the vaceney
caused in the dheed's by the death of Mr. Ruston, on '
when the chairman passed an eulogist= for his ability ad tfe
=Wlsad the great services he had rendered to the
timed* Yaw.
• Ow Ilkherd Me. R. IL Ovum,. Ma Alionsaa
Yvan ny was unanimously elected a member of the beard us
of directors is the place of Mr. Rastas. it.
Mr. Alderman KENNEDY, in acknowledging the compli-
meat, said be worse of the original parties by whom the fid
bank had been arablished. Afterwards, circumstances for
a time withdrew him from its service, but he now returned lt)
to it, and be did SI with the earnest intention of devoting es
himself to the work, and of seeking to promote the interests se
of the shareholders as well as his own. (Hear, hear.) Hs la
friend Mr. Oillott had remarked that some of the share- 111
holders might labour under the delusion that a greater IS
dividend might have been allotted to them. But they must a
look first to the amount of capital with which they were u
working-60,0001.—which, for a London bank, was some- et.
thing nest to ricliadous. That had acted as an impediment et.
to every step they had taken to adrenal the interests °-
sad the operations of the company. (Rear, beer.) to
In that respect, instead of findieg Sir Robert 91.
Pool's bill a joint-stock banking 'bill, as it was ix
called, they had found it a joint-stock bank p tion et.
bill. Eves raw. although it was so far beck as July last, dt.
that the Beard of Trade, after a needlessly long delay, eon. 81-
ceded them the power to increase their capital gradation, st.eL
they had ma pellAiseeived tram that Board the necessary se

musts sttiaisdeM.
o de

Whoa, tiorever, that

did receive those documents, they would have the prier 0f.....
greatly inmeeslag their capital, which would have the st-1
least of ineuesing their business and their profits, and he ip
hued, in dna that, their dividends also. (Rear, hear.) Ili
he reply tea question by Mr. Meredith, Bt
Kr. PADDllog, the solicitor to the bank, said it was now Sc.
her yeses Nan the incrusts of the capital was resolved
apes at a general meeting of the shareholder', and a few
weeks ellerweele application was made by the directors g,
ke leave to imam their capital in pursuance of that reso
The answer to that application was, that the rei
Kurd of Trade entertained doubts as to whether it sou
sempetent for the Crown in the first place to grant a supple- it
smstal charter authorising an increase of capital, having ~84*
seserd not merely to the provisions of the char- Ti
to la that respect, which were clear enough, but gt
eke le the act of Sir Robert reel, ander to
whirl the shorter was granted. The nest doubt 33
ea the yeiteithe Bred of Trade was whether, assuming it 1.006 y
was conalfahnt kg *I crown to grant a supplemental
&Mar, the ktotaisa Gould be allowed to take place in the Tip
my peopled by the husk—namely, from time to time, and is
Is oust sea from tine to time as the directors might think at
rThat lad to alassall interview between Kr. Booth, 13
earetary to the Mmell d Trade. and a deputation from to
the bank, by whom the prolate in difference were diamond ; la
sod the result was that the only way of solving the dint- s
oily would be to refer the matter to the general manager s
adthe beak and Mr. Belleaden Ker, the legal adviser of et.
ISM Bent of Trade. There were several interviews on the 13
irolewith Mr. Bellenden Ker, at which arguments were 15.,,
e n
by the general manager to show the untenable ma-;
INS of the doable that were entertained. Nothing, how- so
gellW.......Lteuld satisfy Mr. Belleadea Ker. He adhered to hie to
inflexibly, sad the mom the matter was disease*/ 30
acme be was confirmed in the opinion he had originally so
swpsemed with reference to the doubts communicated by the r
Bud et Trade. (A 'aleph.) Some time elapsed, and the
bank, tired out with the delay and pressed by their share• g
holden to increase their capital, ones more applied to the j
Bawd of Trade, arguing with them, in an able document, ‘7
directly, and not with Mr. Bellendea Ker, the question
which bad been raised between the board and themselves. So
Eventually the matter was referred to the law officers of so
the crown and Mr. Bellenden Ker, who met, after great m
delay, on the 24th August, 1864. That conference between as
the law authorities did not last more than five minutes. 10
The Solicitor-General made very short work of the matter, So
for he said at once that he did not see any difficulty ia grant fp
-
ing the greyer of the directors' memorial ; and the Attar- so
ney and Solicitor General, and even Mr. Bellenden Ker, lo
signed a statement to the effect that there were no
grounds for the doubts which had been urged by the Board
et Trade. (A laugh.) All that was now wanting was the
gluing the great seal to the supplemental charter, which it.
would be done as a matter of coarse at the first meeting of St.
the Priv Council at which, during or after the present
crisis, the subject could be introduced. (lieu.) 1:
Ks. Archibald Spun was then unanimously elected a s
alamist is the place of Mr. James Baring, who retired by to
velellisos was also Mr. Owen, in the stead of Mr. Charles Bt.
WOW who retired in the tame way.
Oa die meals of Mr. Cluton, the usual allowance of
nigtram masimously voted to the court of directors for 10
arodese during the past year. so
Mr. Themes Chandler and Mr. Thomas Page were re- at.
&awl meters.
bum memersation, originating with Mr. C. B. Kolb am, (ILI
otaeeds ell to the desirability of obtaining more eligible E•
=Outten for the bank than the pretest building in "
use-yard, the result being that the meeting was of se,
opinion that at present it would not be prudent to remove
from that locality. Si
A dividend of 6 per cent., free of income tax, was de- to
eland ;as was also int eeeee at the same rate on the scrip et•
for new shares.
A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro-
le s

PARISH OF ST. FAITH.-MANDAMUS. I gi

TO TXII IDITOR OP TILI DAILY NEWS. at.
Sin,—ln the report in to-day's paper of the appli-
cation made to the Court of Qt 1•1111.1 Bench, yesterday, by to
Mr. Collier, Q C., on my behalf, as churchwarden of the 12
parish, two errors appear, which, with your permission, I 12
will briefly correct. Your report, inadvertently, man it to
appear that the rule was applied for against " The Rev. 4,
Gill Cholmondeley." The application was a mandamus to Be
compel Mr. Comely, a layman, and receiver of the rests lel
and profits of the Hospit4 of St. Cross, to give up the regis.
ter booklet the parish of St. Faith; and the report adds that, to
" the court held the chnrchwardenswere not the custodians
of the books." By the Register Act the parish registers are fk.
the property of the parish, and are to be kept and preserved at.
in the custody of the minister, at his house, if 1)
resident within the parish, or in the church, if not resident;
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so that the parishioners and churchwardens might have 124
access to them, and in particular the latter, to enable them,
in pureuanoe of the said set, to »tura annual copies of the el
register books to the register of ths bishop. The court si
refused the application solely on the ground that "there t
was another remedy against Ur. Comely, who was *lastly a
wrongdoer, and had u mash right to the books u he had lit
to the communion plate, and that as an action would lie a
mandamus would not be granted. Nor did " the court hold
the churchwardens were not the custodians of the books,"
tut stated they were during the vacancy of a living, which,
in the case of St. Faith, is so. "I am not incumbent of St.
Faith. lem not on the bishop's books as rector, nor em I
se ;" and lastly, says Lord (billfold, " I have no clerical
office in the hospital." After thie, no sae will premiss to,
my it is not vacant.—l am, &e.,
H. HOLLOWAY,
Churchwarden of the pariah and perish
church of St. Faith, with the parish
Feb. 1, 1856. of the Holy Cross united.

Corral FOR TIIa CalNas.—Yesterday, a parlia-
mentary return (obtained by Colonel North) was printed,
relative to coffee sent to the Crimea. It appears, that on
the 13th July, 6,0001b5., in an unground state, was shipped
by her blajosty's ship IndusO7, for the service of the arim
in the East; and to the 19th December there were ship
by three steam tramperts, 88,4091b5., of which 71,979 be.
were shipped is the Ilyda ; 12,8691b5. per Adelaide ;
and 3,6611 b. by lady TM total d ales mat in
July and Desemher _masted to 93,4091b1. nested he an
ungemed state. No sees pastedmid ground easiest to
the saw* the Crimes peseiswely to the Mad litmambse. ,
TICIIWILTM a TIM EAST.—Ths Fres* hire
llebastegii_have teles lalssiag whieh wdl tele with
mese latish it has been sae daty to paid* hem the
camp. The fliseis publishes the illiewlag
ti try
st
16th tb• troops beim Ilehmlegel had been twelve
days la mate with said alt 10 as. beteg sae (14 deg. Fah.)
*host 4a min hot bees Irma to death whilst sleeping in
the milet el their eemeedove 104 shoat 400 had had teir
dist dium. sal it is Is be bred Slat several of them will
Tbe teat amen dediedti Se be ea shel-
leg with emit a tessperatam."
£JTWUP, Jan. 31.--Binee the 29th January, the
best has sofa set ia emi, sad the allTillation a *I
*bib is ow ism** floods