The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-06 00:00:00

SATUR,I)A St:PTE'AIBER

LATEST EWS.

ceived from Austria, 'showing that they have no
! intention f_"..f. evacuating the place soon.

The director of the domains of Hanoyer has
issued a notification announcing that in -virtue of
a convention concluded with the Zollverein, the
duties on breadstuffs and pulse, suspended by a
previous decree until the Ist of October next, are
to be further suspended until the Ist of January,
1857.

A letter from Vienna, in the Cologne Gazette, re-
peats the assertion that the Austrian troops will
not evacuate the principalities until Russia shall
have formally consented to give up Bolgrad.

The Emperor of Austria returned to Vienna on
the Ist from Gran, and immediately set out for
Laxenburg. He was to leave on the following day
for Oorinthia with the Empress.

ROYAL BRITISH BANK.

Yesterday afternoon a owe of the largest shareholders
met a portion of the directors of the bank, at the cen-
tral office, in Threadneedle-streei, on the suggesti,ii of
Mr. Butt, to constilt Upon the best ooarStl to be adopted
under the existing state of their adairA4
The consultation lasted about three hour's, And the re-
sult was that without reference to the extent of the lia-
bilities, which have not yet been ascertained, the share-
holders present unanimously intimated their willingness,
in conjunction with the directors, to provide the means,
by a pro rata contribution, to pay to the deposit and
other customers of the bank an immediate instalment of
2s. fif. or ss. in the pound, as the commencement of agra-
dual liquidation of their respective claims, provided the
creditors would unanimously consent to such an arrange-
ment. This course, it was urged, would prevent any por
tion of the assets being swallowed up in expensive legal
proceedings, and by making the money in hand, and the
r3alisa.ble property, in addition to the contributions
of the shareholders, at once available to the discharge of
the debts of the establishments, would be most advan-
tageous to the creditors themselves, and expedite the
final settlement.

The meeting being of the nature of a private confer-
ence reporters were not admitted, and we are indebted
to the courtesy of one of the directors, Mr. Gillott, for
the above summary of what took place.
No intimation has yet been given as to the extent of
the assets, but it was sta',ed .yesterday, on very high
authority in the City, that whe❑ the bank closed its
doors on Wednesday morning there were in its coffers
cash to the extent of 40,0001. It is proper to mention
that three of the directors, Messrs. Butt, Gillott, and
Hurst, disclaim any share in the bad management—
if bad management it should turn out to be—which
has led to the catastrophe. They state that they only
entered office on the sth of August last, and that
rather in the character of a committee of share-
holders to represent them, and investigate into the
actual state of affairs. Under these circumstances
no responsibility can attach to them in reference to
the accounts put forward at the halt-yearly meeting im-
mediately preceding their election to the board, and
which represented the bank to be in a solvent and
flourishing condition.