The Express.
London, England, 1859-07-21 00:00:00

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This day at noon the nand half-yearly meeting
of the proprietor of the London Joint Stock Basic wee held
at the bank, Peer Manion-house, Mr. GEOROZ
TAYLOR, chairmen of the board of die. 7r 're in the chair. The foaming ere the report and below giblet :
't The maned statement which the directors hem to plate
before the shareholders, will show them the petition of the
beak on the 30th June last, and it will ho men that the
amount of net profit embed during the previous six months
1,32.7371. 14.. 7d., which, with 4,7621. 6e. 6d. withdraw.
front the parental find, enable the directors to &elate
the mad dividend at the rata of 12i par cent. per manic
It will be ealiefactory to the sherekoldere to NMI teat
the seomelty of having roe itnee to the guarantee earl
mites soiely from the rie valuation of funded and other &vali-
ses securiiiss of the bank at the depreciated prime of the
30thultinio, •IP compered with the roes current on the 31.0
December, and not iron, soy falling off in ordinary profits.
The guarantee fund, after the above deduction, amount, to
201.1471. 19e. 24.
Imbiti les and Aseets.—Da.—To capital paid up, viz ,
60,001 chars at 101. etch, 600,000/. ; to *mount due by the
bask, 9.742121. 16a. 10d. •, to amount of the guarantee
fend', 31st Dec. 1858, 202,8071. 4e. 6d.; to six months'
karat on ditto, at 31. per cent. per annum, 3,043/. 0.. 2d.;
together, 235,9101 4.. 7d.; to amount carried to profit
sad loss account, 6ti,7661. 17s. 7i.; total, 10,694,9091. 19..
Ca.—By Exchequer bills, India teinds and debenture., and
government 'tom, 1.357,03 e/. 10e. 7d.; by *eh, loans, bills
decocted, and other rewrites 9,166,6461. 84. M.; by
building, furniture, &c..,in Prineee:steet, 33,826/.; hydittoin
• It, 7,6001.; together, 41,32.51. ; total, 10,604,9091. 19e.
Profit and Loss Amount.—Da.—To current comsat',
al=of Miele( experts, directors' nimanererkis,
income tax, &c., 22,4901. 2.. is &meat
tarred to pa flt and lose, new account, being rebate of in-
terest on bills disowned not yet dee, 11,569/. Os 4d.;
to dividend wooing towards the payment of half-wyeer's
dividend, at the rate of per centuto per amain upon
600,0001. amount nf peutop capital upon 60.000 ;herds,
32.7371. 14e. 74. Total, 66,7061. 17s. 7d.—Ca.—By Minos
braight down, 66,71361. 17s. 7d."
The CHAIR/14n &slimed the dividend would be papablson
sad siker the 29th histint., and then moved the adoption of
the report.
Mr. )(scan availed bimoelf of the opportunity of the
mottos to drew attention to the case of Seeman and Kees
which w heard in the bankruptcy court in Fakeer;
Ire It appeared from the report f that cute that
Mr. Kees eacerelel Mr. Ambrose Moore, one of she
directors of the Beak, in basinees and that
Mr. Moore was in the habit of adti.ing Mr. Hem In the
molter of pledging silks to the beak. Mr. Keen failed for
6,5001, but es mete did not yield sixpence In the mond,
and the lenkrupey Cm:enliveners went the length of ren-
ewing twAh plelgor and the pledgee, the latter
being the Dank. The tantrupt Son, we never solvent,
end If the beak derived it. ',edit. such discrediteb'c

transactions at the.. the abareholders could not look one
smother in the face as honest men. tie therefore called spun
the &restore to give some explanation of them titer, particu-
larly as the bank wee without the assistance of auditory,
while the cheese had never been published.
The Cnattotax said the only explanation he could give
wee simply that the beak bad advanced money upon silk
warrants in the regular tray of buena...
Mr. MMIIHOiII Moons attributed the introduction of the
ma ter to malicious motives. Mr. Knight, h sweets was
wrong In his fan a. Mr. Kean did not tit 'MINI him in but;ineer,
nor h ad hi sayttneg b. dr sith many of the advances which
wore stivered to. The air/antes nude were peeler tly
ant be believed ..r& &Avenges f reed a coneido.oble
portion of banking trats.e.b na. The b.nkrupto office' the
ciedotote ie. in the pound, and that offer would have be.n
a-ceptel bad it not been f. r the pro cottage of a rindicitve
clia.osier. He es mpl iine I of time I.netuure of the Lea-
nly, y onrontiotion.r. used is his absence, but he had
the • •.nr fm.c of Is mime that, th4ugh Icsnied
in tr . • law, the commissioner wee not Irani. d
to i ho would Moot sb4.inel from many remarks
la whi hl e indulged. He was guaranse foe Mr. Keen,
who wax en old and trusty asrvant of his own, to the extent
et 1,00111., and be had never attempted t, escape his liability.
This was not the brat case to bankruptcy which had been
made the =cilium of mat‘ng odium upon the bank. He re-
membered one In which It was said that for a commission of
U. a year the bank would diet—ant anybody's accommodation
hill.

leer. Knorr—Do you remember the Donder Valley, dr?
Yoe see I knew you.
Mr. ]loons protected that if this meeting wee to be made
a court of levestigthos upon his cceduct, the inquiry ought
to be fell, fair. and impart irl.
Mr. KNIONT said it the directors were sati.fled with the
transactin, he wished them juy of Mr. Ambrose Moon.
Mr. Les, a director, Loped this raid would cent. It was
enough for the proprietors to know that the bank had lost
smithies; by Baran sad Kean.

_-lo reply toe question,
The CNA inm.tx stated that the government recurittee held
by the bank were vale, 1 in the accounts eta depredation of
36,01101. Since the amount .0 made up the stoitrities had
advsncril in value over 12,0001.
Mr. MZTCALFE found fault with the illCtiale is the re-
served fund, and 'eked s (mantra ea to the holding of the
direction. . .

Mr. LatNACII, a director, defended the increase, and
stated that the directors held a teeth of the entire capital of
1.11. bank. Tbs besinwe of the bane was largely tecreseiog,
Lad the reesiv.d fend newt inereaw in proportion.
Atter MOO farther dieensebm the report was adopted, and
the proceeding" terminated in the easel manner.

4LSTR4LIAN AORICULTULAL COMP4I7.
(TIM D 47.)

The thirty-sixth annual general meeting of this
company wax hell to-day, at the company's office, Cannon-
street , Mr. E. HAMILTON in the choir.
The rep,irt liter' that fur the present It would be
haelpadi-ot to call up more capital, and the directors
would, with the yeemilinon of the shareholder', charge
the metaled the your with the cost of completing the col-
liery work,, tf the mid'. bill urea in head ehould be future'
lesulticieni. TO. *tali, atter deducing the saga of
6.3;.1. 11.. 114., showed a pun: of 6,3291. 14e. 3d. This
deptiticest, which was now ;educed within narrow hoax,
might be advantsgeou-ly estrod-d ; but so hug .a the cons-
i pie ion of the eoltiery premed upon the fonds of the eompany
the Ward would sot auk y:rinisiiiins to enter upon projects,
will! li, though not attended with riik, would not justify the
anticipaion of say very 000eldeiable incomes in the
ItiTIMLI J. The lees. of We.t Women, which would
expire on the 3 tat of December Deli., would not be
renewed, but seranpments would be made for the
1.C.C11141011 of it from year to )ear at an adequate rent.
In the land departinent there was a marked falling off in the
reeenue, the receipt* of 1837 being 11,8891. 19.., against
!,0141.6.. 11.1. in 1118. Roberto she church sad school
eatableitinteat at Sit oud had beat maintelned at
the expellee of the e =piny, but as boos es the
*liming eeragetuents wrie at an end, there charge' would
be net by the local iliocesan foods. At the seam time the
dlevieWrs would ihairuet the cup-rloteadebt to apply the
stow amount—about 3.9.01.aywa —to the Interests°, religion
sad • lees. um. The Ace pit for the Tear amounted to 107,6631.
17.. 31., est the eireitlitars to f 0,2161. N. 3d., howl( •
Wallin la band of 42,3471. EU. Id. The financial tesourest
of to consovey is Leaden, on the 30th June, atiremated to
17,11;11. lbs.. Id, ono of whlih sum • dividend of 16e. par
share was recommended. With ihsdividetid of ',shrub!,

Iw, this ',wild make a tota dieuttil for the )eer of 3k.
p.r state, or 91 et. 2d. per cent on the paid-up capital.
The CHAIRM/AN, in moving the adoption of the rePerfe
said thmt, eitneege on the face of it it wee rather gloomy,
the directors balseved that it was a meet estitieetary doss-
meat. The hmlmtace use au unorecedented one, at say rate
as regarded the end tuutincam of the cowpony, sad this
reran had been obtained without alp mentateace from
casette.
The report was adop'e 1, and the meeting terminated in the
[ usual sinner.

RATIONAL DISCOI7-VT CO PAR Y.-(77118 D 47.

This afternoon the usual half-yearly meeting of
the above e-4e posy wee held at the Londm Tavern, Mr.
WILLIAM Ursa= M.P., cheiroma of the teardof directors,
is tee dull..
Toe rapor rteted that afar payment of the carreat es-
radifere, k.i., them remelted a dicpwable balance of
11,01,71 41., oat of which it wee propmed to poy the
meal dive:toad, at the rat* of 6 per rent. per enema, free of
lacomect.x, mid on oerry the Dolma, 4. tee credit et the
worm fent," which will toes *mount to 20,1941. 6e. Id.

111; wirnt adopt-d.
Tka CnntattAtt promised that the ouljeet of the iiirritts'
PlNMaefol44 $11.,1 b taken lota &lewd. nei.in with a vials
raductito. He alto end there woe so foendation for the
Mutt of .n itittyted atntleatositos wnh another company.

GREAT NORTHERN Ho,E!TAL. KING'A-CSOSP.—
lllumber of patadata f r sh• w•ak avian hay 20, 1,160, of
via & 04 Tara am masa