The shareholders and depositors of the Royal British Bank were
ac- tively engaged yesterday in its affairs. About twenty of the principal shareholders met a body of depositors. The general feeling seemed to be, that it would be best for the shareholders voluntarily to pay up with- in the next twelve months the 50/. yet remaining uncalled on each 100/. share, and to undertake also to proceed with the realization of the assets so as to pay the depositors in full by instalments within that period. A meeting of depositors was held in the evening at St. Martin's Hall ; the practical result of which was the appointment of a committee to investi- gate the affairs of the bank and obtain speedy payment. The plan of the directors is to pay twenty shillings in the pound in nine months,— that is, to pay five shillings in one month, five shillings in three months, Ave shillings in six months, and the balance within nine months.
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