The Sun.
London, England, 1817-03-21 00:00:00

THE BANK.

Yegterday, pursuant to notice, -a Geoerat Court
of Proprietors of BankStock' was 1161 at the
Ba►tk, for the purpose of considering of a divi-
(lend for the last half year. ,

Mr. thustAN recommended to the Court 3 divi-
dend Of 5 per cent. for the half 'year, the War-.
rants for which would be issued aboutt the ti6tial
time, the 9th of April.
Mr. GuNnay, of Richmond, represented to the
Court, that being a Proprietor of Bank Stock, he
had considered ft (~cpettient to address 3 paper to
the Court of Directors relative to the. production
Of the Bank Accounts, and desired tl'e s.one 16
be :read. The paper in litleStiOli was 3Ckliowledgell
to have been received., and after sortie opposition
the coutvnts were read to the Court, and.. proved
to be ti peremptory (tenurial, on ilte part of the,in-
di‘idual proprietor, for the Direetors to make a
full disclo.nre. of the Batik Accounts to 3 General
Court of Proprietors.
Sir T. 'rurcroN stated, that on the subject of
producing the Bank accounts he
.differed from
many t anti he- was at variance in his opinion
with Mr. Grentell, both as to what he had ad-
-tweed in that Conn and in another place. it
was not the totintum of dividend which the Di-
rectors recommended, be it more or less, that he
cavilled at ; what he required to know was, the
amount of dividend due to hiin from time to time,
and which-be was entitlAt to receive.

Some allusion having been mode to an opinion
formerly g.ven by the Counsel for the Bank,
k,
AltTnUa riGuoTT justified the conduct of
the Directors iu not producing the accounts in
compliance with the present applicalion';
stated to the Court his opinion, that the
%vete not bound to produce, the accounts at Ike
request of tiny individual proprietor, anti iliar trey
could only be compelled to the mrasore by au or•
der of the Court
Sir TnoNtAs TnaTozi reminded the Court, Char
it pi consisted of merchants ; and it was
well known that that body of men were the last
in the world to call for such accounts.

Mr. Si4AW roe to repel what he deemed an
imp! ttper insinuation against the .merchants .of
the City of London, who, he maintained, might
be ranked amongst the most honourable and liberal
part of mankind.
Mr. PAiNtt, of Lit th, opposed the question of
producing the Accounts, and expre.sed himself
highly satisfied, with the prest:tit niNit;zement of
the His k affairs. Ile expre,,,stqf his belief, !bat
by the assistance t%hich the Bank had rindered to
the-Govel tiniest', the country had bets enabled to
put down tyranny in Europe. ,
Mr. GuNDRY quoted Af-ts of Parliament to
show., that the D rect ,rs were bound to make a
divi,!end on ail the profits
Mr. DARBY, at some length, inveighed against
the course so repeatedly take', by Sir Thomts
Tut ton, ants rejected by the Cot.rt of Proprietors.
lie (Nlr..D.) to this age of rt I..rtu and inuovatitm.
would resist any attempt to cha: ge the comse of
proceeding at the Batik ; be %%mild rest on the:
prosperity of the concerti, and let well alone. lie
Heart heard of a man who thought he was ill, and
had been persuaded to take physic, by which
Ise died, lie would not try such an experi-
ment with -Abe- Bank. He would now pro-
pose a resolution, to pnt an end to those scut of calls
neon the DireGtors. Let Gentleineti, it they must
make long speeches, go else a here, v• i•lere" he heard
that they used to make them for three years toge-
ther, to nobody'sautisfaCtion hol their °Wu. He
concluded by proposing a Resolution, approving
of, the conduct of the Direetots, and declaring,
that it would be highly " inexpedient and in-
jsu ious"t to produce the Accounts cal!cd for.
Sir T. TußTow itigniren on What grounds this
Resolution wee called sou How could they
declare it inexpedient and injurious to produce Ac-
counts, of the nature of which they were wholly
ignorant ? Certain persons- might .be interested
in currying favour with the Directors, but the
great body of the Prop' ietors were not.
Mr. SitAw could see no •benefit,,no advantage,
likely to.. arise either to the proprietors or the
public frfun the .disclosure reequitnentled by the
Bob. Baronet.
IVlr.[:
TIJORNToN ASTEI4, re I! agreed with
thedast speaker, that a disclosuxe of,,tlie accounts
Would be not only unintended witlr„.atiy possible
advantage, but might also be exe,e'ilittgly detri-
mental ; yet would recommend to his friend (Mr.
Darby) to withdraw his motion of thanks, be-
cause be thought the general agreement of the
Court to the proposition of the Directors, the best
demonstration of the feelings of the Proprietors;
and as tile business of the day was merely the
asnakcourse of declaring a dividend, he thought
any ex,raordinary Manifestation of thanks was
quite uncalled for. The Directors stood
!sigh in general estimation and contidenCe
not to need 'such. assistanee

Mr. DARBY, in deference to the opinion of the
ids( speaker., for whose judgru-ot he had the
rcspeet, agreed to withdtuve his motion,
it suril woe f he wish of the Court,

I.IIP (.; ti A I AN (-X prCtiSeii iti, StaltirEiCtiffil-st t.. 4.,
p,etxrat optiloo"cion tonicifetited by,the Cfilat at
the proeeedings of- the iiir,,nots-: he thought
the hest atti.ver to the statenYents of the Hou,
13,irooet, yotiltl say, that; lite eno,eienees of
the i..)ileCiOf 1% ere pet iee, ly easy oil the score of
the oath anode(' to by the lion. Ilitroiret awl
they were efiiiiitly Note .(thatitiotl) ovt a)1 tnattt►ti
t d their omit iimiour and the int,rests
o.t the PnilitiSlors. As. it 1...t,'111vd the Nish ut
Hon. 11,1rotict,., rta,tvell tit the other flout. Pro.;-
prietor, to wittothatv his Huliou, Ite-b4lO wily now
to put the-004 pm, that, a rdt-vidend of 5 per Cont.
be paid on AVAtlims.chly, the .1)t Ii of. Apt il,.
tsgteed to, told Ow Omit adjourned.
0: 'l.

Thd el,,etion of it Burgin's tor-the; Borough ''l.
Colth'esfer,4 'lit the totuti of Mr. 'nlolll4l'o:4,,came
iDe 'Poten-1111, when ii\ It ll.trycy tfeethiel;
, ~' rya9g"IIIK,O) , IM", •., (.14Attil 1114 .1111C1)11011 ut
itg`ain'etinilng ton:aiti at the kitining gener.l
election; fir \V. Buattovot”t 3V113 of course de-
clared duly elected.

IMPQRTANT PARLIAMENTARY timinas.

OFFICES IN coi lers OF LAW, ENGLAND.
/ •
Return to an Alidress of the ilioniaahle House of Counnens,
to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, reqiiiring n lte-•
torn of the Nantes of all suth suli,rdinatu Officers in the
several Codas of Lag and Etinity of England, as are held
in Trust for the seveitil .Chief or other Judges such
Courts., or of which the Profits are, in the whole or id
applied to-their use; specifying. the Ainodot of skit Pro-
fits, and to whom and for whose use they are 'Applied.