The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-13 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL BOROUGH BANK.

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A special meeting of shareholders of this bank
was held at Liverpool yesterday, upon the requisition of
the share holden. for considering the propriety of changing
the members of the liquidation committee, and other busi-
ness counected with the winding-up of the Oakrs of the
bank. The chair was taken by Mr. J. B. Mumma,
chairman of the committee of liquidators.
Mr. H. BANNEN their accountant, read the following
rert
•In compliance with the requisition referred to in the
notice which has been read, the liquidators anticipate the
usual period of the annual meeting of the shareholders,
whiz!' would have taken place, and must still he held after
the 12th November, and present their statement of accounts
and report to the 12th August, embr.icing nine instead of
12 mouths of the present year. At the last general ?fleet-
ing, 102,8581. Ils. 10d. of the liabilities of the leek re-
mained to be discharged. These have been paid off, with
the exception of 5,0161. 11*. sd. of old claims ant yet called
for, but which there are always Node in hand to
meet. The general statement of the affairs shows:—
Assets as estimated, 200,401. 12s. tel. ; creditors
unpaid, 5,010/. lie. sd. ; estimated surplus, 195,663/. ls. Id.
Since which further collections have been ludo, enabling
the liquidators to make • payment of 10s. per share to
the proprietors. As regards the past realisation of the
'meets of the bank, the liquidators do not hesitate to any
that they consider it to hays been as satisfactory as the
most sanguine amongst them could have expected ; and
with the same policy and mode of management they have
no reason to doubt the continuance of a satisfactory liquida-
tion, and a further return to the shareholders before the
expiration of the present year. From the first the liqui-
dators have done their best, in • very troublesome and
difficult position, with the single view of obtaining in all
cases the :nest money for the shareholders, and they cer-
tainly think that they have • right to claim, as the result
of their exertions, what they look upon as • successful
issue of the uopo:.mising aspect once presented of the
affairs of this batik.
Mr. BRAMLET-MORE proposed that the question of a judi-
cial investigation into the conduct of the directors should be
arranged in a friendly suit between the directors and the
shareholders, sod some of the directors agreed to con.ider
the Nisi* of such au arrangement with • committee of the
shareholders. -

Mutwequently the tone of the meeting became more warm
and personal. The expuais of Mr. Moore, Mr. Kershaw, uud
other gentlemen relative to the conduct of the managers
and directors of the bank led to several " scenes" and to
much Aeons language, but a motion of Mr. Dennierm'a, ap-
proving of the conduct of the liquidators, was ultuiiatell
carried by a majority of one. On this Mr. Briunley-Moore
denumded a poll.

THE GENERALSHIP AT BULL RIJN. —The follow-
og opinion of General M`Dowell's tactics at the battle of
Noll Run is given by a Southern newspaper, the Sothnel,
published at Augusta, in Georgia :—"WDowell arranged
and fought the tattle as well as any of Lincoln's generals,
with their troops, could have done, not excepting Generr'
Scott. He managed it admirably in every respect. and
was very nearly successful The columns of Hunter
and Helntselman peened up the Hun, crossed at Suilley's
Ford, and attempted to turn our left, which was the great
feature of the plan. Hunter did cross, did attack as ordered,
and did force our man down the Run, where they had to
receive the cross fire of Tyler's column ; and nothing but the
protection of Heaven, the poles of Beauregard (who detected
Hunter's muvenieut by the clouds of dust), and the un-
equalled heroic courage and endurance of our men, pre-
vented our left being turned, and perhaps the seizure by
Hunter of the hLusamas Railroad at GaineerWe."