The Express.
London, England, 1856-09-13 00:00:00

ROYAL BRITISH BANK.

Last night a meeting of the abseeholden and
depactors is the Royal Brit•ch Burk wa held in St,
Martin'e Hail, Loag.aere, to receive the report of the com-
mittee. ori netted at the premien. meeting is the same pleas.
to :noePtieste the affairs of the beak, and to consider certain
suzint.ene which bed been submitted to the depositors and
shanhi•V•lers at a meeting held in the City on the sth inst.
Mr. WILD, who again presided, nude a statement which
wes eabstentielly idea Teal with that contained i• thellll9
el Messrs. Bheridan and Rsbudson, published eni UMW
day. At the interview between the depositor.' teemmltteo
gad the directors on the inst., the committee requested I
:o be Wren:nod if they were punted •o c rry out the pre-
putties submitted by the City committee to that meeting
oa WWI of the directors and shareholder., abut they were
informed by the directors teat she prop• salon was not
authorised by them, sod they were sot prepared to enter
into asp arrangement to carry out the proposition to repay
the depositors. The directors further stated t►at they
bad no proposition to make sloth after blr Coleman had
toads hie report, which the director. noted would be,
t►ey thought, of a more far iurable character than at first j
enticipated, aid that after the reception of Mr. Coleman's
statement they belied to make atrasgementa with some
other establishment for the repayment of the deposits to the
depositors, and that they were at this time in negotiation
with en establishment for that peep •se ; that the statement
of Mr. Coleman would be completed before the end of the
present week. The committee. finding that the conduct of
the director' wag very unsatisfactory and ineonelasive,
deemed it their ditty to demand of the directors-Ist.
they were peer and to carry out the arrangement proposed
by the City committee, with their 'macaw', to the mode/
on the bth September? This proposition. after mat db.
curion, we. repudiated by the director., who wanted tbe
committee to obtain the 'institute of all the depeoltors to
the proposition before they would ea ertals It. Zed. If
they would famish the commits. with the means of lane.
ugsting the potation of the bank, and allow measures to be
taken for t►e preservation of the fueds at pineal is the
custody of the directers ? This proposition was refused.
3rd. That the directors, dories the time Mr. Coleman
was completing the 'roosters, should allow your committee,
or any two members of it, to engird and become acquainted
with all the ens of the dinners. This was refused, sod the
directors, through the depsty-governor, desired the com-
mittee to suggest to the depositors to wind up the &Seize of
the bank is the Court of Chancery." So, RANI die/heft
the matter at the beak with the direeton from idyllic
until seven, it tarmisated by the directors mammies them
that they had se proposition to make, and relayed them to
Mr. Coleman, aid they were told to wait midi rush time
as be bad made up his atsounts before they could oder e
preposition. The oesnmittee thee thought it desirable he
essrtain whets Mr. Coleman would make up his sceounts,
end called upon him for that purpose, and he sold he should
be reedy by the following Friday. Sobsequestly two shirr
holders waited upon Mr. Coleman, and 'measured them that

they should have his report by two o'clock on Fri-
day (that dip). They accordingly waited upon hint
at the appoiated hear, whoa he infavnied them,
by his principal clerk, Mr. Welts, that he was not
fn a position to give say statement whatever, and that they
must wait until Tuesday neat before they could reosit any
'comsat from him. He had 'seeded from the secoasteat
that the directors had at least 40,0001. in their hands, hells
the presence of their conduct, be was sot disposed to plus
much confidence in them. At the conference of which he
had spoken the directors did not deny that the suggesties
made 0 the meeting suasnated from them, tr that they
did not desire it to be communicated to them through Mr.

Mantra, bet they said it was not a proposition—lt was
manly a sonestion. (Ironical cheers.) lie could tell
than how It was t►at they now refused to warm
their own proporittoe. On the Friday the spent:sties
fora fist of bankruptcy woe peed's' and hanging over
their heads, and they were then anxious to wake terms
with the depositors, for they were running about not know-
leg whet to do ; but S 1 NOG as they found eat that they
sold not be made bankrupts, they repudiated all taus
whatever. (Hear, hoe.) Since that throe petitions had
been prorated for the aline of the bask to he brought
under the Wiadlng•op Act, sad they would not be beard
by the Via•Chsasellor before the 24th of this month. He
thought it behead there se depositors to have their Own
interests represented before the Vise.Cheneellor. They
might then get the Muter to wheat'', sorter was refund
to wind up the affairs as speedily as potable, sad instead's(
having to welt it.. wombs, se the dim on proposed, they
night get the easpley wealth up in six months.
assolutkos were then passed, expreanog the surprise of
the maths at the repedistka by the directly, of the tame
eared through Mr. Riehadron, and appointing s enemat-
a@ to wash over and protect the isteresta of the depositor..
Thanks were voted t 3 the chairmen and eseamitto, and
the meeting separated.

ROTAL BRITISH BA:41.—(T1118 DAT.)—A meet-
kg of the abareloldne is skis beak, who sold oat Were
the stoppage, bat who still mute oa she regietee, WY bid
this atorsiart at the omen of Mean. habeas, Boa, ud
Morris, Old Jewry, for the purpose of considering what
steps should be takes, is order to get their treaafas legally
eimplated before the beak is formally dissolved. The pea
sewiliage wets private.

THE POLICE COURTS.
THIS DAY.

BOW-STRIIKT.
• DiterlPAT■ TOl7llO 1077I•111.
Hefty Beaumont, aged 15, wu charged Wore Mr.
Jardine, with attemptiog to stab his brothir:lu-law, sad

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with Orlon on a loaded pistol at police-coutable William
Cot, F 4.
The complainant, Thomas Naylor, a compositor, Felon
at 27, Teri/tack-strut, said—Laat evening I accompanied

my wife to see her soother, who is lying la the last stage of
consumptios at 30, Chancery lane. The grimy* Is her
son, end consequently my brother io-law. While we won"
staying in the room, the prisoner came in and began %Wag
the most tent and shone. harm* towards us and by
poor mother, as it hes been his mastaut habit to
do. I remonstrated with him, telling him that it must have
as Injurious effect spat his mother's health, bat be act-
dosed the same usfeeliag behaviour. I gars him a slight
boa of the ear, bopiag to deter him, upon whieb he rushed
to the emplace, seised the poker, and gave me a blow on
the forehead. I wrested the poker from him, and be then
attempted to stab me with • knife. A greet disturb's**
aloes, end a poliamsa entered the n 0,., Hs prod's,' •
pistol, sod I SSW him point it to the constable. He polled
the trigger, bat the cop only ignited. I said for the sake of
the mother that I would rather not give him Into custody,
sad I sill hope, on her acesoust, that he may be forgiven, as
it would bastes her death.

The constable, Co:, stated that on entering the room and
Mending ts take the prisoner in ahem, he took the pistol
eat of his pocket sad debberstely Grad it at him, been be
(witness) could match it from hiss. It was a revolvies
pistol, sad loaded with powder sad shot. The charge we,
drawn at the statics (prodased). The asp went of; bat
the powder did mit ignite. The lest wittiest did not west
Is thugs him, but his wife (prisoner's sister.) said,
"Yon seat, for it is act safe to have him is
W home." Oa his way to the Melia', the prisoner
said, "1 meat it is. my sister, or brother, or say one who
anointed me Ant; but the powder was dup."
Jerdiae—The taw mast go for trial. It is too MINN
6sr as to deal with.

Comploissat—l hum air, you will dool with it tun-

Mr. Jardine—Two may as well uk on to Memos of •
murder, for it is the twat thing to it. Ho is limb's to trans-
portatiowthr Ilk for this offence. _ _

Tito primer, who mid nothing to the ebarp, and did met
appear Mme &EOM( about it, was Om committed for
trial.

MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN (IRELAND)

RAILWAY.

The half-yearly nesting of the proprietors of tit.
Ilia reilwa, was bald is their board-roots ia Debits, oa et,
Tbanday ;• Mr. Joss ENNIS, chains= et the easpaay,
10
is tits Oar.ao
TM ripen wee ithaetuously adopted, ea was also • rm. fo
hake animal*, of a dividead at the raw of 6 per teat per eR
WY, tree of issues tax.