The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-06 00:00:00

tural Manure Company ; all these transactions
being the struggles of drowning men who made
desperate,ventures to retrieve themselves. Anol her
affair with which they were connected was called
the Legion Bank, with which they had transac-
tions to the extent of £BO,OOO, and it was credited
with £20,000 in the same way in which Lord
Keade had been credited. They paid £lO,OOO
into the Bank of England to the credit of Gerelli,
an Italian adventurer, connected with the Leg •
hurn Bank, and the Rev. Mr. Bean said it
was deposited in the name of M. Gerelli, to give to
him an appearance of substantiality, in order that
he might dispose of the Deposit Bank Stock upon
the Paris Bourse. This was a short and imperfect
outline of the manner in which the Deposit Bank
had been carried on, and now as to the manner in
which Mr. Seaman joined the bank. About May,
1859, he was applied to by Mr. Hadwyn, the
superintendent of agents, who placed the prospectus
in his hands, and Mr. Seaman, acting upon the
faith that the prospectuses was true, joined the
bank, and received his appointment as agent for
Plymouth, in May or June, 1859. After the bank
broke, nothing could be more painful than Mr.
Seaman's position. He found himself avoided and
distrusted in the town, a meeting of depositors was
held, at which he was denounced, and he was ap •
plied to to return the deposits. He made efforts to
retrieve himself, but failed inconsequence of his con-
nexion with the bank ; and he had been unable to
establish himself in any business since. It was for
these injuries to which he now trusted to a jury for
compensation. _ _

Some documents having been put in evidence and
some formal witnesses called,
Mr. Seaman, the plaintiff, said I was formerly a
draper, at Plymouth, and I was applied to by Mr.
Hadwyn, the superintendent of agents, to become
an agent for the Bank of Deposit.
Mr. Collier proposed to ask the witness what Mr.
Hadwyn said and did.
Mr. Bovill, however, submitted, that it was not
shown that Mr. Hadwyn had authority to bind the
company, and therefore the evidence was not ad-
missible.

Mr. Henry Prior, a clerk in the bank, was then
called, and said—Lord Keane was frequently at
the bank, and attended board meetings. He became
chairman about March, 1857. Several books were
laid on the table before the directors, the bankers'
pass book, the cheque book, the attendance book,
the agenda book, the policy register book, and the
certificates for signature. The investment stock
book was laid before the committee, but I am not
sure that it was laid before the board. There were
four classes of ledgers, one of which, the capital stock
ledger, would show the amount of stock, and the
general ledger contained a profit and loss account.
These ledgers were placed on a shelf in the office
where the clerks were. Ido not recollect the
directors coming in there, but the books were there,
if they were wanted. They were frequently sent up
into the room of Mr. Morrison, the managing di-
rector. I have a recollection of seeing the general
ledger once on the board table. The Rev. Mr. Bean
attended meetings of the board and of the finance
committee. Dr. Clark attended meetings of the
board and of the finance committee. The meetings
lasted about two hours. Prospectuses used to lie
upon the counter for distribution. The directors
were paid for their attendances latterly one guinea
for a board attendance, two guineas for a commit-
tee, two guineas for a special attendance, and 52
guineas a year whether they attended or not.
Mr. Bovill—You may take it that Lord Keane
during the time he was chairman, received £7BO
for attendances.

Witness—The meetings of the State Fire-office
were also held in the same room. Mr. Hadwyn
used to come to the National-office frequently
when he was in town, generally daily. I never saw
Lord Keane and Mr. Hadwyn together, nor have
I any recollection of having seen Mr. Hadwyn
speaking to the other defendants. I have not seen
him in the board room.

A number of questions wore put to the witness,
and several objections as to the reception of the
evidence were raised and discussed.
Mr. Justice Willes said it must be shown that
Hadwyn had authority to hand the prospectus to
the plaintiff, and thus induced him to become agent
for the bank, for otherwise he should hold that
there was no evidence.

Mr. Wallis—l was a clerk in the office. I have
seen prospectuses in the board room. I have never
seen Mr. Hadwyn in the board room, but I have
seen him in Mr. P. Morrison's room, though not
many times. I have seen prospectuses in Mr. Had-
wyn's hands, but I do not know whether he took
them into the country with him, I used to write
to Mr. Hadwyn whilst in the country by Mr. Morri-
son's direction. (A copy of one of these letters was
read, dated July 20, 1859, and acknowledged the re-
ceipt of money on account of the Sandwich agency,
and said that they had no satisfactory evidence from
Edinburgh or Glasgow.) I never heard of the letter
books being taken up into the board-room.

At this period of the case the further hearing was
adjourned until to-morrow, his lordship saying that
it would be convenient to allow the plaintiff's coun-
sel time to look at the books of the bank.

IRWIN V. SIR GEO. GREY.
In this case, which was tried yesterday, Mr.
Irwin applied to his lordship for the assistance of
the Court, upon the ground that Sir Geo. Grey had
not obeyed the terms of his subpcena, duces tecum.
His Lordship, however, said that he had no
power to interfere ; any application must be made
to the full Court next term.