The Express.
London, England, 1857-05-14 00:00:00

THE WESTERN BANK OF LONDON AND
ITS PROMOTERS.

TO TIM INTO. OP TNT =TIM /.

Bra,—My attention has been called to one of the
leading articles in your piper of Saturday last, wherein you
date I have received 1,1001. as my Aare of the promotion
money for getting up the Western Bank of London.
Now, sir' as I am in the habit of speaking plainly, as well
es Mr. Roebuck, I beg to my thin Is not true. What I did re-
ceive was 1401. in comb, end a bill of atthenge at twelve
moat& date, drama by the solicitor of the bank on, and
eccopted by, me of the Board, which bill the governor end
court of dirocten wen Wad enough to disecaut fee me, after
the rata of 7 per amt. I ow, therefore, only modernity
mid for my amble, accord's', to your own shoving, se I
was twelve menthe (not sin) employed in soliciting gentlemen
to join the dirertion. Whet booms of the balance the
solicitor of the beak alone ma tall. I than take en opportu-
nity of miring the mantles et the ant meeting on the 30th
of Jon at I Bak the skoarshokhre ere entitled to know who
hen really received the 6,0001. paid into the hands of the
soli/Act by the directors.

There is one little item the governor omitted to mention
at the emoting—thee ia, the somber of shims elated to the
directors and promoters, which cams oat et • premium. I
hod 20 allotted to me, upon which I paid the demeit and
Biped the deed; sad I believe I ant meet be stating I was
the only am of the premoters who had that oourage, the
Bability of which I have TS ,to Wm. Vo4wOmessimaxa-
misioNO think you mast admit I do not eons lode the
demoreinstim of a "doles let meets" Promoter.
Apologising lor tilting op so much of roar valuable apes,
I on, Ix., I. R. WIRCKWORTR
2, Albion-street, Hyds-park, May 11.

This afternoon a deputation consisting; of Mr.
Paget, M.P., Mr. Pritchard, X.P., Mr. Whatek7, Q.C.,
Mr. C. E. Linda, Mr. bencem, end other gentlemen, were to
wait by epoolatteent upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
is Doweinaretreetonthe 'abject of the Government Sevin.
Beek MIL

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Poor' Rum, (lammen). This morning wu
published a return of the espesdlture os the Mid of the
poor is seek mina of In sad for the year laded 29th Sept.
1956, and of the total weber relieved during the same
period. The stun impeded I. 676,6961.9 e. 11Id., and the
number mimed 217,116.

PARLIAMENTA6T Bete.—M appears, from a re-
turn issued this raeraing, that the sum total paid to drafts-
men by the several public departments during the year 1856,
for settling the drafts of parliamentary bills, amounts to
6,3341. 7s. 2d.
MERCANTILE MARINE FUND.—A return issued
this morning of the Mercantile Marble Fund, under the
Act 17 and 18 Viet., a 104, shows the balance of cash up
to the 31st Decembr, 1856, to be 287,8691. se. 10d., the
mess of income over working espeadinue for the your then
soda being 165,1371. 16s. 11d. . _ .

MALT.—This morning foss hoed a return of the
total number of quittera of melt rads In the United King-
dom in the years =ding respectively the lit October, 1855,
and the let October, 1866, together with the quantity need
by browses, victuallms, and retell brewats. It appears that
for the first-mentional period the quantity made was
4,613,718 quarters, sad the quantity timed 3,843,931. In the
lost-mintionsd period the quantity made was 4,761,220
quarters, sad the quantity need 4,243,201.
RalLwaoo.—By a return named this morning it
moms that the duty paid by railway corpriss be Engird
sad Boot end on pr Rosner Manic &deg tie my mewl
31it Decerbor, ISA amounted to SANK lla 10d.; and

for the year snd.d Kat December, 111/4 M 1/1171411. 19.0 a
SUSPENDED C&NONSIES.—By & !t6lllll from thu
Socheimitioal Comminiemare of England, Wm* tide morn-
ing, it ewers that a um total of 12,7341. Ku 14. hail been
ellowed by them since the let of January, 1840, to the
several chapters of England and Wake, to pay substitutes
for performing additional duties coat apes Mom by the ma-
penaion of moonrise.
Eurcrtotr PnTrioNs.—Thiomorsing was printed
the petition of Yr. Dm: !against the woes of Kr.
Cakraft. The grounds alleged are 7r Dg. due
DIEWOOS, sad the torpoproandorice dam milol Immo.

Czairmess Biamora.—leita OrOwther, Prq,
We of Wodarbory, sad reorily druard, two MB
und Or reeloty al dr lit low*" free oft=
duty width an to the Greg Hordal,
r,aairs, •to Na Quote IloogZsißitristra,
ths
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