The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-09-20 00:00:00

'C OF BANK PROPRIETORS.

. twelve o'clock a Quarterly &nor},
Bank Proprietors wee held, according to
the purpose of considering of a Di-
Court was aninerously attended at an

,Y, on opening the bushiest of the day,
it it necessary. before be submitted
to the Cued, to state to them, that be
letter from Mr. Guidry. is his usual
letter would be read to them.

substance, was a demand that the
proprietor, should receive a particular ac•
present affairs of the Bank, their profits,
of managemeat. Such an account
by the banks of Franco, and that of
which, if refused, be said, would sub-

England to the reproach of a ,io•
first principles of justice and bums-

Gaffed to be inserted i• the minutes.

An then stated, that the Directors,
considered the affairs of the Beek, bad
determination of submitting to tbeas t►e
daring a dividead of 3 per cent. interest
tk, for the haitymn eadlag oa the 10th

din rose and said, that after the re-
I goats abroad relative to the affairs of
could set suffer the prepaid°, I. pass
t. the Cbairmae two questions. He

, whether the redaction of the rate of
ceased such an increase is the basins, as
profits ? and secondly, whether the prearat
Bask were sufficient to bear the dividead

at auswerea, that the Directors bad

4 affairs of the Bank into their censi•
the result was, their proposition of a
per cent. In reply to the question,
profits of the Bonk bad bees 'accessed
d ? he said it must be obvious that the
Bank, like that of all other establish-
t d since the peace.
-.id, he was afraid he was not perfectly
repeated his question, whether the
the Bank were adequate to the dint•
loosed ?

r,:. in answer, repeated that the G.
rt of Directors bad, open a review of
affairs of the Company, tome to the
submitting to the Proprieton that a
. nat. should be declared open the
present halt year.

lon here terminated.
ist the dividend of the interest and
.r the half year ending on the 10th
should be 5 per cent. was then

.r stated to the Proprietors that the
would be made oat oa Friday, the

'PENTION OP 10101111 T.
I, that. before the Court adjourned.
a question which he had often put
ever basing received a satisfac Wry an-
wished to know of the Court of Directors
had been made is their endeavours to
top the forgery of their Notes?
on which it was highly important
as well as the Proprietors, should be
he wished the Chairman to soy, wile-
was still sought, or whether it was
answered, that the matter still con-
consideration, the anxious consider-
.ctors, who, be regretted to state, had
any plan which they had found fully
, however, n y to state, that the
luence of the smaller notes having bees
new but few prosecutions for forgery.
time since they had only one pro-
;try throughout all England. The
might say almost protected theme
I he was perfectly aware that the
le of suppressing the forgery of the
by withdrawing them from circuls-
there was now no issue of email
necessity might again rise. though he
anticipating it, to re-issue the small
int would be the best time to make
he hotel., whilst the eirculation was
they might have plenty of time to
ire a plan that would answer the oh-
;object of considerable importance.
ly wished still to press on the consi-
Court. Though the plan partially
which he had never had any sanguine
failed, yet he thought they ought to
'at the present was the most COlSTC-
undertaking.
r said that no one could entertain the
'at the Court would do every thing
lone to prevent forgery ; but he tie-
irence that the public would consider
small notes, should such re-issue
criterion and s sign of distress on
ik. There was hardly a man who
not consider the circulation of small
accommodation, ■nd who would

such an event took place, if it should
arc sssss y, consider it as a great cora-
'ence. It now depended with the Di-
small•notes ; and, ',apposing such
re that they 'mild require so other

C na aaaaa e than their own feeling for the
genre. With every convenience they
some drawback. and they must. he
with a return of the small notes, ex-
it* the calamity of forgery. lie had
Icarian of that crime to the relaxation
It the forger, and had prophesied the
latter had only to dread as his pu-
blasphemous jollity of Newgate or Botany
when it might, the re•iaoe of the
Ild only take place atfer due consi-
!oder no other seethes than those
but never thew of necessity.—(Ap-
tlained. and said the Honourable Pro-
lust addressed the meeting had mie-
ns (HAS.) had never said that the