The Express.
London, England, 1857-03-10 00:00:00

THE ISTERNATIONAL BANS OF PARIS.

A Paris correspondent of the Inapentlance BC@lt
supplies some official docwnents relating to the projected
International Bank, in which some well-known English
houses and several of the banking composure lately formed is
Germany are concerned. The following is the deed of pro-
visional agreement that has been signed by the founders et

the company
" Before M. Dufour and his colleagues, notaries at Paris,
have appeared •
" 1. Mr. Wm. Gladstone, of the firm of J. Thomson, T.
Donna, and Co., of London end St. Petersburg, directors of
the Orleans Railway, acting in his own name and in behalf
and ea the agent of—Mr. Th. M. Weguelin, governor of the
Bank of England ; Mr. Chat Bell, merchant; Mr. David
Salomon, one of the aldermen of the City of London; Mr.
Chas. Morrison, of the house of Morrison, Dillon, and Co. ;
Mr. Arthur Hankey, banker, Mr. S. H. J. Goldschmidt,
merchant ,• Mr. Rola. Campbell, merchant, ell of them re-
siding at London.
"2. Messrs. Samuel Arthur de Haber, fundowner, sad
Henri F. L. Marne, assessor of the tribunal at Berlin, acting,
—three two tut, in the name and as agents of 11.Dc%
Hanemann, formerly the PrIISFiLII Minister of Finance,
living at Berlin, hinuelf acting as manager of the company
en ow:mantilla., established at Berlin under the title of the
Discount Company.
s' 3. 11. Robert Kayser, vice-president of the Board of the
Hamburg North German Bank, living at Hamburg, acting
in his own name and RS the agent of hie Worship the
Senate Guetavus Godeffroy, in so far am the latter is • part-
ner in the firm of Jean Cesar Godeffroy and Sons, merchants,
at Hamburg, and of M. Ernest Merck, Consul-General SO
far as he is • partner in the hoarse of If. G. Merck ands Co.,
ma:bents at Hamburg, who have acted in their commercial
relation.: respectively as President and as a member of the
Board of the Hamburg Bank of North Germany.
"4. M. Albert Dufour-Feronce, member of the board,
and managing director of the German General Bank of
Leipeig. living at Leipzig, _acting in his own name and as the
c agent of the German -escal Bank of Leiyaig.
"5. H. Louis Raphael Bischoffsheuu, banker, acting is
his own name.
.6. And Armand Donon, of the bankin,g-house Do-
nna, Aubry, Gautier and Co. Knight of the Legion of
!know., Commander of the Turkish Imperial Order of the
Miiikidieh, &c., &c., acting on his own aocoent, who, con-
sidering the Important services that may be conferred on
commerce by a company having for its object&
"To contribute to the centralisation in special hones of
deposit, like the English banks, of scattered and unprialues.
five capitals, so as to disperse them afterwards through all
the channels of production and consumption;
" To support and develop all the commercial and industrial
transactions of France, by facilitating the Siefernieti of foreign
capital to French affairs;
"To assist in the reduction of the rate of interest end ia
tliedovelepineat of credit,whilst keeping the company exempt
from the riaks attendant upon speculation in securities, per-
chases and sales on its own account not being permitted d;
lime resolved to carry out this useful work, and to this
end they agree to fix the following as the bases and statutes
of an anonymous company under the title of ' International
Company of Commercial Credit.'
' "The operations of the company will consist of the fol-
tort* •
1. To discount marketable paper, bills or lettere of ex-
change, payable in France or elsewhere, and to issue or se,
cept any letters of exchange or of credit.
" 2. 'ro make Advances on public stock, on deposits of rail-
' way shares and debentures, or on other industrial Neuritis',
and to open running accounts on credit upon the eases
• securities.
• "3. To receive sums upon accounts current wrnimit re-
, Mgt*, with or without interest, at fixed or fluctuating in-
, tercet, to pay cheques like the English banks, and te
• transact all other ordinary banking business, exchange, ar

commisoion businese.
" 4. To take part in the hew of national loan*, and to
subscribe to special undertakings, with the express authorisa-
tion of the government.
" 5. To recover any outstanding debts due to private indi-
viduals or companies, to pay any coupons' representing
interest or dividends, and effect any other such transaction
generally.
6. To keep a earth &pail account for ouch rompanies.
" 7. To have agencies and branch banks abroad, and is
than to carry on all these operations which the company is
entitl'el to transact in Frame, and repociallv to pay interests
and dividends on stock or on the funds, on French shares er
debentures, bonds of any sort, and to make advances on suds
securities.
" 8. To be able to rotablish, with the sanction of govern-
ment, oulxmiinate drove, according no the wants of com-
merce and industry may require.
"9. To make loans and advancer, in Aped*, or in on ac-
count cumed, upon warrants end bills of lading.
" The capital of the company is fixed at tbe sum of 120
ntillimu of francs, divided into 24,000 Rhone, of 5,000 Moo
retch, the half of which only *hell be lamed at preoent. One-
third of the capital is reserved for English subocribers, one-
tbinl nor Demon, Belgian, Dutch, and other eubscriben.
and one-third for French subscribers' I,OUO fumes down
must be paid when oubscribing, 1.000 franc. a month after
the grant of Bo rhArter, the ether 3,000 francs in ar
These ra/dance
with the calls made by the board of monsgement. 60
wren. calls shall, however, not be made until after the
f the complement of the company'', capital.
" Tho board in to consist of twenty-five memt er. chosen
by the body of the ohoreholdrro at a meeting. Every year
the board will appoint a chairmen or provident. The nomi-
nation of the preoblent will be submitted to the government
for its approtetion."
The sense Paris correspondent of the Indipendanee adds
that the affair has come to a temporary stand-still, and reams
to be making less ogress at this moment thanit did onit
'week ago. It is given out that the government regards the
French element an not sufficiently represented in the list of
tie' founders submitted to it, and that it would like to as.
other names by the side of that of M. Donon. People now
mention the names of Arlie, Dufour end Montane aeli.ely I.
figure onion; those of the foundry.. There has also been a
talk of Counts Poniatowski and Lchon, and Id. Latour-
' Damoulin, but these names am said to have been removed;
M. le Marquis d'Audiffret was thoufcht of forte the prepid.ent-
i chip. but thin intention has been en vcn up, the place
remain', vacant. Lastly, it is asserted that M. Vandal, tie
. bead of the department of direct taxation in the Minittry of
Finance, will become one of the board of directors.