The Sun.
London, England, 1816-09-19 00:00:00

MEETING Ni"rtiE BAINIC.

At twelve o'clock yesterday a 'General Court of
Dile4tors and t'ruprietors
, was held at the Wink of
EngWO, to declare and cOntitler Aire Halt Yearly

I :tile Governor (Mr. 14nsfAtiq on tkiiitig the
proiiosvd " this Colin do ortierit Di-
:videnti of Five per tent. on interest and Profits tot
jite-1011 year entihrg btt '..risurciity the JOth of
Oc-
tuber next."

On this thotion heitig put, Sir THOMAS TIATON
iti aired wifether it wits inttioleti to furnish the
PiOprietors, with any stecount .of acts inature Of
their Fours ?.• . .

CHAIHNIMY: reptied,`thAt no such 'procea.
inityas contemplated by the Court of Directors.
That the opinion of the Proprietors,'-When last
:iverr,: reposed the ftilleat coii6dence in the body
of Directola, who, in return, SAW no reaiiitt to
deviate from tlie usual Course.

tiirTnotos TUturnit then rose,
,and 'expressed
his astonishment that. the Directors should, by II
concealment of their. .accounts, allow theMselves
to sink in the .eStiiiiation of the public, and stater
the most, injurious opinions to remain afloat. In
vain, be said, would they declare Dividends of
two per cent. or even 0120, so long as they al-
lowed the Proprietor's "to remain in tilt dark as to
the nature and extent of their accounts. All be,
worth! ask n ould be the appointme,it oh ft SCrret
toinilittee, chosen Out of the body of •Proorie-
tors, who need not enter into details with the
public, but confine themselves to a genetal•ite-
pint, •Witholit %rich a Report 'lie would protest
a.44inst any Dividends. It ft Were not voluntarily
given by the Directors; theirt he Peoprietms would
he driven to seek it by another cOurseft; and the
laws of England were different .from what hi...be-
lieved them to be, if the Directors would not else-
where be compelled to comply with the provisions
of the Charter.

Mr. CAMLIf N ,to the production of those
accounts. • The Bank was 'now established since
1694, and no such proceeding was ever carried
into vflect. Circumstanct'S
.might.,- indeed, call
for such art smelt:mut, but the call was one-which
Should be used with };relit discretion. • Like the
Veto of. the King, it Should be.of rare interpotti-
tion. In the infancy of the Bank, periodical ac-
t:rotors might have been furnished ; but now,
1111 en its alfairs-had become so amazingly extend-
ed, and when the utmost confidence was reposed
in the honour anti probity of the Directors, in the
proportion with this magnitude should ..se-
.eresy• be observed in the nature of that issue of
paper which was tinder the controul of just and
honourable men. Let i; be remembered that our
Bank notes were not only the salvation of this
country, but of all Europe. The Hon.,Geutletnan
concluded by stating, that as the of of the.
Bank were in a thriving state, be would -resist
such seatimcnts as dictated the Hon. Gentleman's
motion.'

The CIIATTATAN-" There is but one motion
before the Court, au& that is on the subject of the
Dividend.. We are ready to 'he‘r the sentiments
of Gentlemen according to the tisttal courtesy.",
Sir. T. TURTON.---." The motion is simply t
on' the' Dividend, it ii true but any tietiticrnnn
who thinks himsclt ignorant of ths grounds upon
tchich that dividend is funned, can never agree to
•

The CHAIIIMAN--" No doubt it competent
for any Gem ieman to dissent from ." •
Mr. DABSYsaid, 'the Bank DirectO were elf. -
riolvily placed by iusitm.ittons suehlis-those
them. Why did not those ohu differed with.
them come forward in n manly manner, and at
once propose to rescind the vote of confidence al
.ready passed to them—let it he fairly tink broadly'
stated that they are unfit ti r.their importlint do
ties, anti let others be put ip nomination' in their
place "lust let them' not b~ met by side•ivipds of
.this kind, luck a course reminded hint of the
old doggerel—

41 I do not like thee, Dr. ra,
The re.asoii why I 'cannot tell :
, Jlnt thii I: know, and kunw Cull welii•
I do net like thee, Dr. Fell."

SICTHOII AS TUUTots—" I do wit 'mean to cast
ItnyLitigstStation, upon the Pirectors, but 1 .ant
bou.kvo: call. • for a statement of our accounts as
Pv947''',l.V(l by
,the Law and the Charter. TheDi-
recthri are isonottrable men ; but if they will not
confide in us', how can they ask that we should
in !hem ? I am not prepared to say that they are
injoriously."
Mr. loamy----'' Then why find fault, and .start
such observations about peecadilloes ?"
Sir Because it, my duty tr). do
so, w.lieu called on to come to a decision
Without a shadow of ground-ward to guide me to
a .conehision. I was no 'party to the vote of
thanks to'the Directors, to Which liaS been.
w:ide ; the contrary, I warmly resisted it, and
shall cOntintre to exercise my right at opposing
any proposition of whieh I cannot approve. To
designate an.oppo•sition grounded on such a prism.
eiple with
.the epithet of cavilling about peteadil=
Toes, was to treat lightly indeed of a sum of thirty
millions of money.--,..-Sir Thomas concluded by.
congratmlAting the Gentleman who spoke la,,t Int
the prosperous state of Isis affairs, when Ilse tstu
nagement of so enorSitints 'a
capital appeared to.
him but as a peccadillo.
7 The ,nlUtion for, the dividend of five percent. for
the cityrvut halt-year was then put and carried
williont a division. Warrants were then ordered
to be filled up ordering its payments on Frida y
the 11th Ortobol.

Yesterday as the Trtke lititon stage coach,
loaded With passengers, was driving along Ws-
well-street-road, from the Bull and Mouth
Bull and Month-street, to Leeds, some boys were
playing. in the road, ihe.Foiichmati poila a crack of
the whip at them to drive them away, when, un-
frittutrately, the thong of the whip entwined round
a boy's, neck and became entangled so as to drag
him s9rne4.)istance ; fortunately, by stopping the
horses'," the evheels were prevented going over him.
Yesktrilay• morning tea a bricklayer, named
Mows Anton, wit* at work at the roof of a
Gentleman's honse. in Bedford-square, he unfor-
tunately. slipped- Off the scaffolding, and fell upon
the parement ; l,ia back
.was broken by the fall,
and ha died upon, the spot, haiing 3e wits: aud
family to tiepturc his loss.