The Express.
London, England, 1858-02-20 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAT.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
Map at NW Priam at Guildhall. Baton Lori
Campbell aad a Special Lary.)
ROYAL BRITISH BANE.
81•13111 C n&T.

TEM 0.17112111. ZIJXPEILIT Baowx, HOWARD =DAIL',
UNIT DUNNING XACLIOO, HICHLILD NAiTLIT INN.
ISO; WILLLUI DANIIL OWEN, JOHN STAPLETON, ♦ND
NOOK INNIS CAXIIHON.

Mr. Andorran, the bill clerk of the bank, was examined at
cassiderable heath as to the past due bill book and other
account books. He stated that the amount of the
pest-doe bills outstanding on the 26th of April
1863, was 22,09111. 13s. It was thus cluaified . 17,1731.13 a.
good; 4,3171.6 a 4d. doubtful; 6281. 3s. 76. bad; is coarse
of liquidation, 17,1641. 7s. 4d.; under legal proms',
4,0461.65. Bd. The good and doubtful bills were of the same
amount in December, 1851. A great many of the
past-due bills had been outstanding since 1850.
Witness balanced the past-due bill book weekly,
and entered the balance in the general register, the balance
of which was regularly laid before the past due bills coin-
algae. Mr.. Rawson attended the committee to receive
teshrnotions for the collection of arrears due upon these
bills. There were books showing the amount of past due
bills and peat due loans since the beginning of the bank.
They included all the branches as wall as the
head office. None of the past due loins or put
due bills were written off as desperate, but
they were kept up throughout the book as existing securi-
ties. On August 29, 1865, the amount of pest-due bills was
24,2811. 165., and of past-due leans 10,7691. 16e. 6d. The
witness gave the amount of poet-due bills at subse-
quent periods as follows :—Deeember 31, 1863, 24,7061.
lea. 7d. ; April 3, 1854, 32,8041. 13e. 3d. • Juno, 37,0181.
14e. ld.; September, 40,3954 lie. 2d. ,• October 30 60,6961. ;
Lisoeceber 30, 66,8981. 45.; January, 1855, 73,4161. 13a. 7d. ;
FebeaszyApl2, 78,2031. lo Id. ,• March 12, 82,2761.6'. us, ;
1 12, 83,9211. e. . ; May 14, 88.0101. 14a. ; Jun*
18, 88,8441. 14..; 18
July 10
2 dl, 92,3281. Bs. Bd. ; that sum in-
cluded 21,1171. the amount of Mr. Tart's bills.
On the 6th of August, 1866, the amount of his
bill was deducted from put due bill; although
no money had been paid upon them, and tuns-
, farted to bills continued with collateral security. The
amount of past due bills was then left at 68,8581. 13s. 6d.
On the let of September it was 70,3261. 6e. Bd., and
on Oct. 17th, 71,8341. Ile. On 18th June, 1866, the amount
of peat dee Inns was 16,3271. 13s. 11d., and on the same
day the smouat of bills continued with collateral security
was 3,2281.65. On the let of September, 1865, the amount
of peg dos loans was 20,4771. 134. 11d., and bills con-
tinued with collateral security 24,3431. Bs. 3d. On the 17th
Octane., 1866, the past due loans were 51,0721. 2a. %1.,
end bills continued with collateral security
24,3431. Bs. 3d. The former sum included
29,1951.185. 10d., the amount of bills discounted for Mr.
Humphrey Brown. That amount originally stood to his
debit in his current convertible securities account, but it
remained for some time as a past due loan. On the 19th
of October, 1865, the amount was again put to convertible
securities' account, and the amount of past due loans was
redoes& in coneequentis to 17,2171. 10s. I ld.
The whams was than examined as to the " green book."
He natal that It commenced early in 1854, and was confined to
the amounts of the directors and the officials of the bank.
The drat ram was that of Mr. James Baring, who had been
a direner. The other name were Mr. Brown, a director,
Mr. Barnard, chief cashier; Mr. Cochrane, a director; Mr.
Clark,adheotor; Mr. Cameron, general manager; Mr. Chu&
/sr, ea auditor ; Mr. Kennedy, a director ; Mr. Logan, a clerk ;
Mr. M'Orew, the mortar • Mr. Macleod, a director; Mr.
Mama, sdidtor ,_• fib. Napier, accountant ; Mr. Owen, a
dinner ; Mr. Peddleon, asanary ; Mr. Ritchie, Mr. Bol-
ton, Mr. Scenes, and the two Valliant', dinners ; and
Mums. Walton and Henn.
Dad Campbell said the opuses appeared to have given a
wend deseription of the book.
Winne—The firm portion of the "green ledger" is
copied in by Mr. Crawford, the rest is watt= by Mr. Ca-
meron's son and by Mr. Monne. I had scams to the book
whenever I wand it. During Mr. Cameron's ilium in
1866 Mr. lade& Weeded closely.to the business of the
beak. lie seed Mr. Ouneron'a room, and did his bulimia
to • mini extent. I Celina say wheeler the "green
isfter" was men by Mr. Kodak from time to time.
In the course of his examination, the whams stated that
the balance sheets of the British Bank, which were pre-
saged to the shareholders, did not contain an item for put
doe Mlle.
In reply to Mr. James, he said he had never seen the
amount of pest due bills and bad bills given in the balance-
sheets of other joint.etook beaks.
A juryman observed to Lord Campbell, that a comparison
hod be= made by counsel between the balance-sheet of the
British Bank and that of two other joint-stack banks. He
thought that comparison was diahonourable to those two
banks.
Lord Campbell—l do not think that is a roper remark.
Aa he as the balance-sheet of the British Bank is C 011•
ourned, I think that on the face of it it is unexceptionable,
and the only object of the counsel is to show that it does not
differ from those of other banks, as regards the item which
has been mentioned.
Mr. James raid that so far from dishonouring the two
hanks alluded to, he thought be favoured them, bemuse he
had held up their exempla as one to be followed.
The witansa wee under examination when our report left.