The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-14 00:00:00

BANK RE T URNS. (From the Lando"' Gazette of Tuesday.) An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Vietoria, 3ap. 32, of the Average Amount fat Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in Englund and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the Ist day of December , 1849: Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amni a . Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co ...•••••- 11,877 Ashford Bank, Ashford_Jemmitt and Pomfret 9,478 Aylsham Bank, Aylsha,m—R. and G pe Coman 4,844 Aylesbury Old Bank, Ayleabury—Rckford and Hunt 30,200 Baldook Bank and Baldo c k and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell... 27,825 Barnstaple Bank, B a rnstaple—Marshall and Co 9,329 Basingstoke and Odihau Bank, Basingstoke — Seymour, Lam b, and Co, ,„ Bedford Bank , Bedford—T. Barnard Bedford and Bedfordshire Bans, Bedford — Trapp, Halfhead, and Co. .•• Bawdley Bank, Bewdley—Niohols, Baker, and Crane Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank. Bicester—Tubb and Co. .. ..• • ... 11,611 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—A.ttwo: is, Spooner, and Co 22,401 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham—J. L. Moilliett, and Sons ....... .... 12.073 Bland f ord Bank, Blandford—Bastard ana Oat 7,233 Boston Bank, Boston — Ga rfi t and Co 60,641 Boston Bank, Boston — Gee and C 013,311 13ridg - r iter Bank, 13ridgwater—J. &J. Sealey 5,137 Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harford, and Co. 32,171 Broselo? and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard 20,314 Buckine;ham Bank, Buckingham--Bartlett, P a rrott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Stow- Market Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co. 63,144 Banbury Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney. 28,044 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb 31.205 Rae,: City Bank, Bath—Mager and Son Bedfordshire Le , .ghton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett and Grant 31,413 sir.ningharn Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and 6,355 12,280 23,457 . Braelf.)rd Old Bank, Bradford, York hire—H. A. and W. M. Harris and Co 12,205 Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 60,911 Tiridport BAnk, Bridport —S. and W. B. Gundry Brighton Union Bank, Brighton--Hall, West, ..... 8G,30G and Borrer Burlinv,ton and Driffiold Bank, Burlington— Tiardin, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— Worlied,ge and Co. Bromsgrove Bank Broms and Stourbridv and Brom grove Bank, grove— Itafford, Biggs, and Co. Cambrid4,4 Bank, Cambridge—Mortiock and Sons Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridz...—Mes3rs. Forster; ... Canterbury Bank, Canterbury— 12,349 _ frammond ald Co Clrmarthea Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsoy—Messrl. La Coste Colchester Bank, Colchester—Roaud, Green, and Co Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and fladleigh Bank, Sunlk, Colchester —Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro —Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry —Little and Wood- COeZ. City Bank, Exeter—Milford anal Co Craven Bank, Settle—Birkhecks nncl Co, Christchurch Bank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgooti and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmcuth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Uoss and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Br-mi.-tap, Snead, and Co. Derby Bank, Derby—neisrs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co. Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and C 0..., Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Hughes Locke, and Co Diss Bank, Piss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Ton'. and Co. Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster — Cook and Co. D•trlinfy.,ton Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backholise, & Co Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor man Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester----Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hall, and Co. E9SeX Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford —Sparrow, and Co. Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk- beck. and Co. Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantagt, Far ringdon—Barnes and Medley Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co Coda'ming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Keen Grantham Bank, Grantham—Kewney and King Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Hay don Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and Co Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hader, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford—S. Adams and Co null Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull —Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veasey Harwich Bank, Harwich — Cox, Cobbold , and Co. Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead— Smith, and Whittingstall Honiton Bank, Honiton—Flood and Co. Hertforishire, Hitchen Bank, Hitchen—Sharples and Co. Hereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford—Morgan, and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipzwich-132-con and Co. Ipswich and Needham Marke.t Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, - 11(anningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexan.ders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, end Mercer Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J Davies and Co Knighton Bank Knighton—J. Davies and Co. Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborongh—Terry and ( 1 0 Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering; —l4 otp3h and Sons.,, Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane Bad—C, liarvz7 and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W.Williams, Brown, and C Leek ard Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and Congleton Bank, Leek —Fowier,Gannt, and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby... Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Green Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith and Co Lampeter Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando very—David Jones and Co. Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle ms and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—C. and S. St Barbe Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis —Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jarvis and Co. Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brookleharst and Co Manningtree Bank,Manningtree—Nunn and Co. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old -Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner and Pinckney Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank, Marlborough—Ward, ?Merriman, and Hilliet M erionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and Williams •• Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Baileys and Co Monmouth Old Btnk, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old• Bank, and Rosa and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth —Bromage and Snead Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport —W. Williams and Sons... Newark Bank, Newark—Godfreys and Hutton Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, S leaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny and Slocock Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond. and Son Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss—Taylor and Dyson Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich—Harveys and ILmhons Norwich - and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Birkbeck Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham—Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and C 0..................... . ........................ Naval Bank, Plymouth—Harris, Mudge..... ,an.a Co.. ................................. .............. New Srrum Bank, Sarum Everett, and Co Nottingham Bank, Nottingham —Smith and Co. Oswe3try Bank and Osvvestry Old Bank, Os westiT Croxon and Co., Oxford ‘ . Stnk, Oxford—J. and R. Morrell Orford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, ond C 0... ... Old Bank Tonbridge, Tonbridge Tonbridge Wells Cid Bank, Toriliridge and Tonbridge Wells aria STwenoaks Bank, Tonbridge— Beeehink and Sons Oxfordshire Witney Bauk, Witney—Clinoh, sod Co . 2,38 10,976 17,023 39,70, 27,694 15,764 2,578 13,127 30,785 31,400 5,529 16,833 73,760 6,713 8,095 10,689 33,233 22,687 9,68 10,13 56,340 71,415 8,794 40,870 93,892 52,259 41,583 25,944 19,791 4,553 10,284 5,052 5,732 8,734 26,066 27,102 13,266 16,323 19,241 39,087 4,720 19,574 31,781 17,456 20,158 57,430 17,240 22,040 9,626 19,989 36,998 7,579 5,225 49,627 35,435 23,919 28.292 17,385 73,624 25,269 6,834 2,709 36,537 12,454 13,333 4,435 15,356 8,002 7,319 10,932 24,850 12,465 8.048 25,578 47,007 17,916 20,590 43,840 61,034 7,628 3,858 21,242 11.124 26,796 11,575 8,372 31,665 9,073 9,442 THE SUN, LONDON, Average Amount. Pease a Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 38,693 Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co 9,042 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank. Peter borough—Meets. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson and White lB5 Pezunrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Simonas and Co 25,005 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and Co 27,217 Richmond Bank, Richmond—Maxwell and Co 5,150 Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood.. Ledgard and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co 5,386 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank Roches ter—Day and Nicholson 7,664 Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons... 10,315 Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son 12,380 Rye Bat k, Rye—Pomfret and Co. Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and Co 8,085 Ross (,ld Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard and Allas-ay 4,106 Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walde n—Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and Co 11,235 Scarbo rc ugh Old Bank, Gcarborough—Woodall and Co - .... Shrewsbnry Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—•Rocko, Eytons. and Co Sittin,9;bourne ant Miiton Bank, Sittingbourn© —Valiance and Son 2,733 Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddicon and Pearce 11,805 Scw th well Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co. St. Alban's Bank. St. Alban's—J. S. Story — Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie — Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury— Brodie and King Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherly and Fall . 3,551 Stone 11:m1':, Stone—W. Moore 1,560 Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge —Rufford, Wra7g, and Co 9,236 Stafford, Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Cc 11,637 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayloy, and Co. Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and Robins Shrewthury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. St. Allytn's and Hert; Bank, St. Alban's—Gib- son and Stuart Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badeock 21,269 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and 8,422 Th ornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns ford and Baran 8,733 Thrapton and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland 10,555 Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son To ofcester Old Bank, Toweester—J. and S Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co. Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Allnatt &Co 6,595 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— Greenway and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox Brothers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, and Co 38,741 Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co 13,138 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Baltic, Winchester —Wickham and Co 3,737 Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank , Weymouth—Elliott and Pears. Wirkcsworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co. . 27,536 Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurney and Co. Wiveliscorehe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and Ver Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoake.. 12,455 Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender, and Co. 7,688 Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 67,477 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley and Turner Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster— Everett and Co. Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton— Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Haleswortk and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney, Birkbeek, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten ... York Bank. York—Swann, Clough, and C 0.... 10,495 39,745 ORIENTAL BANK. The annual general meeting of the proprietors of the Oriental Bank was held yesterday afternoon at the office of the company, in Walbrook. Mr. H. G. Gordon, Chairman of the Court of Directors, in the chair. The report stated that the accounts now laid before the meeting embraced the half-yearly proceeds to which the books were balanced, namely, at the branches in India, Servia, and China to the Ist of March and the Ist of September, and in London to the Ist of June and the Ist of December respectively. The result of the balancing of the books showed a profit for the half-year, ending the Ist of June, of 42,575/. Bs. 2d., and for the half-year ending the Ist of December, of 34,450/. 17s. 4d., being a full profit on the operations of the year, after deducting all charges, of no less a sum than 77,0261. ss. 6d. This amount of profit, though large and satisfactory, was less than that of the preceding year, but it was easily accounted for in the contracted business which the managers of the bank had deemed it prudent to engage in until the credit and confidence, so fearfully impaired by the commercial disasters of 1847, were fully restored. The directors still deemed it proper to persevere in their present cautious and prudent course of manage ment; but, nevertheless, they were confident that each succeeding year would exhibit profits equal to any the bank had hitherto earned. The proprietors were aware that out of the profits for the half-year ending the Ist of June last a dividend of 3f per cent , amounting to 32,4851. Sc., was declared, leaving a balance of 10,0901 3s. 2d., to be carried to the contingent fund ; and the directors had appropriated the like sum of 32,485/. ss. to pay a similar dividend for the half-year ending the Ist I)ee. inst., making the dividend for the year 7 per cent. allowing a further sum of 1,94.5/. 12s. 4d. to be car ried to the credit of the contingent fund, and leaving the reserve .I fund still at 112,000/. On the motion of the CHAIRILIN, the report was unanimously adopted, after which the dividend of 31 rcr cent. ft.r the past half-year was declared, payable on the 17th instant. Thomas A. Gibbs, Esq., and General De la Matte, were then re appointed auditors of the company. Mr. KENNEDY, in moving that the chairman (11. G. Gordon, Esq.) and William Erskine, Esq., be re elected directors, took occasion to pass a warm cub°. gium upon the exertions of the first gentleman in the service of the bank, remarking that the honourable gentleman had worked for the batik more in the cha racter of an active partner in a large firm than as an honorary director of a public company, while tho second gentleman had been no less serviceable in managing the affairs of the bank in India. Mr. 11. MARSHALL seconded the motion, which was put and carried unanimously. A resolution, confirming the forfeiture of certain shares, was then agreed to ; as also a resolution rescinding a former one increasing the capital of the hank, which was now found to be unnecessary ; after which the business of the day terminated. fir. KENNEDY then moved a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors, observing that they belonged to no " Mutual-present -each-other- with. a-piece- of plate society," but were the active manvgers of a u.eful and profitable institution. The motion was seconded by Mr. MARSUALL, anti carried by acclamation. The ChAIRMAN briefly acknowledged the compli ment, promising to use the same energy and 7. , a1 in conducting the affairs of the bank that had already won for him the good opinion of the proprietors, and expressing a confident hope that ere long the profits of the concern would yield 10 per cent. per annum. METROPOLITAN ASSOCIATION FOR IM PROVING THE DWELLINGS OF THE INDUSTRIOUS CLASSES. On Wednesday a meeting of the shareholders and friends of this association, to whose exertions the "d well. inns for families" in Pancras-road owe their origin, was held at the Metropolitan Buildings, Albert-street, Spicer-street, Spitalfields, which form a pile of erections, partly completed and partly still in course of construction, intended to be let at moderate rents, as im proved dwellings, to working men and their families. The portion of the buildings which was opened onWednesday,is adapted for the accommodation of 234 single men, and includes every requisite arrangement to enable them to live there with clean liness, health, and comfort. The extent of this struc ture and the conveniences which it will enable the working man to command will be easily comprehended from the following description : The building is five stories in height from the basement. The latter is surrounded by an open area and contains baths and washhouses, with all the requi site appurtenances, extensive cellarage, and ample space for workshops. Upon the ground floor the entrance• hall is commanded by the superintendent's apartments, which are placed on the left, while the store-room and cook's apartments occupy about the same space on the right. Immediately in front of the entrance are the stairs, of fire-proof construction, which lead to the three stories of sleeping apartments ; and opposite the stairs, on the ground-floor, is a good- sized lavatory for day use. The coffee•room is directly in front of the staircase-hall, and extends to the back of the building, communicating on one side with a reading room, and on the other with a kitchen for the use of the inmates. It is a lofty room, divided into aisles by iron columns supporting an open roof of stained timbers, lighted by a large window at the further end, two smaller side windows, and sheets of rough plate in the roof. Boxes are fitted with tables and seats round three sides, and the room is warmed by hot-water pipes. A cook's bar opens into the coffee-room for the supply of coffee, &c. The reading-room, size 60 feet by 21 feet 9 inches, is warmed by open fires, and intended to be furnished with some of the daily papers and popular periodicals. The kitchen, 45 feet by 21 feet 9 inches, for the use of the inmates, contains two ranges provided with hot water, a sink with cold water, and common appa ratus for cooking purposes. From this kitchen a stone staircase leads to ai portion of the basement, containing 234 small meat-safes, all under lock and key, raised on brick piers, placed in ranges back to back, with ample space for ventilation. The cook's shop is connected with the men's kitchen by a bar, from which cooked provisions may be obtained at almost any hour of the day. The water closets and urinals are placed in the yard, and approached from the inmates' kitchen by a covered passage. The three upper stories are fitted with sleeping apartments on each side of the corridors. Each compartment measures 8 feet by 4 feet I inches, and is lighted by half a window, the upper portion only opening, and this is hung on centres. These rooms are all fur nished with iron bedsteads and suitable bed furniture. There is also in each a locker for linen and clothes, with a false bottom for the admission of fresh air; so that th e s l eep i ng b ert h s can b e ventilated at the pleasure of the lodgers. All the doors are secured by spring latches, of which each inmate has his own key, and no key will open the lock of any other in the same wing. On each floor are lavatories filled with cast-iron enamel basins, set in slate fittings, and also two water-closets for night use. The partitions forming the sleeping compart ments are kept below the ceiling for the purpose of ventilation, and the corridors have windows at each end to insure a thorough draught when necessary. With respect to ventilation, the principal agent is a shaft which rises nearly 100 feet, into which several of the smoke flues are conveyed, and by which means a powerful upward current is maintained. The sleeping apartments and other principal rooms are connected by vitiated air flues with the ventilating shafts, and the current is regulated at pleasure by means of dampers, placed under the control of the superinten dent. Water—Large cisterns in the roofs, and smaller ones in other parts of the building, afford an ample supply of water to every part of the premises. Dust—Every fluor has an opening, secured by an iron door, into a dust shaft, communicating with a dust cellar in the basement. Gas—The whole building is well lighted by gas. The water-closets have all a direct communi cation with the external air. This building has been erected from the designs and under the superinten dence of Mr. W. Beck, 33, Broad-street-buildings, and the builder is Mr. S. Grimadell. The terms 3s. per week, payable in advance. Each inmate w ill h ave , besides his sleeping apartment, th e use o f th e coffee room, reading room, and the public kitchen, where he may cook his own fo o d, or h e can o bt a i n rea d y eooked provisions from - the cook's shop. Every lodger is furnished with a small larder under his own lock and key, has free access to the washouse at cer tain times of the day, and can, by the payment of a small sum, have a hot or cold bath. Adjoining to this building, and within the same enclosed ground, an extensive range of buildings for 60 families is now in course of erection, of which particulars will be fur nished when they are completed. Previous to the commencement of the proceedings of the meeting the buildings were thrown open to the inspection of the company, and the substantial and convenient manner in which all the different portions of the erection are constructed, and the arrangements made for the comfort of the expected inmates, both in the part appropriated to single men and that assigned for families (the latter not being yet entirely finished), appeared to give the greatest satisfaction. The rent of these lodgings must of course be moderate, or the whole object of the institution would be frustrated, and consequently the rent charged to a single man will, as before stated, be 3s. a-week ; and to a family, for a dwelling in the building, consisting of three rooms and a small kitchen, with water, water-closet, cupboards, store-places, and every possible convenience far a humble family, ss. 6d. a week. The Metropolitan Company, from their first efforts, decided on form ing themselves into a commercial company, under the conviction that the industrious classes could and would independently so afford to pay for improved dwellings as should make it a profitable investment to erect them. In the year 1845 a charter of incorpora tion was granted, enabling them to raise a capital of JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 47,038 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad ford ......... Burton, Ut , toxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington . ~ , 28,535 Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 10,154 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 18,344 Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 17,534 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington 16,01 East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 121,945 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Ilalifax 17,048 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 36,213 Hull Banking Company, Hull 21,455 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Ha lifax Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax 35,211 Helston Banking Company, Helston 1,470 Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 17,115 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,079 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster ~,,. 43,003 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 48,932 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,277 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshiro Bank ing Company, Nottingham Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Ne wcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 1,651 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London North Wilts Banking Company, Melkaham 42,331 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 63,128 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool • 25,585 Pares'a Leicestershire Banking Company, Lei cester . 42,895 Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth... 1,855 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 33.108 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford. 55203 Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang- port 260,785 Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall ... Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and liallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield .. .. . Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking Company, Shoffield 49,118 Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond ... Storey and Thomas's Banking Company Shaftesbury Sheffield and Retferd Bank, Sheffield .. Wolverhampton 3+o Staffordshire Banking Com pany, Wolverhamptrl 32,405 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 11,370 Whitehaven Joint S+^ck Banking Company, Whitehaven . 20,560 Warwick and LeauLT.gton Bankirg Company, Warwick .. 25,092 West of_England and South Wales District __ ___ Bank. Bristol . Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 67,965 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersßeld Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch . 2,680 Worcester City and County Banking Company, Worcester. . . ,., 3,787 York Union Banking Company,'York 58,278 York City and County Banking Company, York 89,778 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Inland Revalue, Somerset House, Dec. 8, 1849. FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1849. 100,0001., in 4,000 shares of 251. each, and they have now enrolled among their shareholders the names of many of the highest personages in the land. The charter limits the liability of the shareholders to the amount of the shares, and the rate of interest to five per cent._ Shortly after two o'clock a large company, consist ing of ladies and gentlemen, having aisembled in the " coffee-room" contained in the new building, the Etrl of Carlisle took the chair. Among the company then present were—Viscount Ebrington, Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., M.P., the Hon. D. Fortescue, the Rev. Mr. Evans, Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, Mr. J. IV. Tottie, Mr. E. C. Tufnell, Mr. T. F. Gibson, the Rev. W. Stone, Mr. C. A. Hanbury, Mr. R. L. Beck, Mr. J. Toynbee, Dr. S. Smith, the lion. F. Byng, Lady Ann Tufnell, Miss Tufnell, Mr. H. Sullivan, Dr. Gavin, Dr. Guy ; Mr. W. Beck, the architect, and Mr. C. Gatliff, the secretary. The CHAIRMAN said, that the shareholders of the institution had already had a meeting for the tran saction of business ; but there were circumstances in the present position of the institution, and, indeed, in the general state of public affairs, which warranted them in inviting together a large number of their friends and well-wishers on that occasion, and in pressing the claims of the institution on its sup porters at that time in a more marked and special manner. They had had an opportunity of examining the premises, and of forming their own judgment of the means which had been adopted for securing the comfort, convenience, and health of the working man. He admitted that the best test of the successful application of those means was to be learned by expe rience ; but their by-gone experience warranted them in entertaining some confidence as to the result. He alluded to the model-house in Pancras• road, now open for the space of nearly two years, and the actual practical result of that experiment was, that the tenants expressed themselves fully sensible of the efforts that had been made to improve their dwellings Their complaints were always listened to with atten tion, and wherever it was found practicable the causes of them were removed. One gratifying circumstance was the punctuality with which the tenants paid their rents. Of 2,418/. due from them for rents, there was only one bad debt of 1/. 19s. 7d., and the actual arrears at that moment from 110 occupants, were only 71. 103. Working men were also fully sensible of the superior accommodation enjoyed by them in these institutions, as a proof of which he might mention that out of 110 sets of apartments, not more than two sets had been left vacant. The superior health enjoyed by the inmates was shown by the report of Dr. Southwood Smith, in May last. During the prevalence of the late epidemics which had spread so much misery throughout the metropolis, not a single case of cholera had taken place in their lodging-house, although in Psradise-place, near them, it had prevailed to a formidable extent. This consideration placed the claims of such institutions on public support in a striking light. The Bishop of London had suggested that the collections which were made on occasion of the late thanksgiving should be set apart for the specific of ject of extending the model lodging houaes of the poor, and the greater part of the contri butions obtained on that occasion had been given to another society professing kindred objects with theirs, but based on a different system—the Society for the Improvement of the Condition of the Working Classes. Ile by no means wished to place that society in any kind of antagoal,:rn to theirs, nor did he grudge it the amount of the contributions it had receiaed, to which, as it was founded on purely charitable principles, it had, perhaps, stronger claims ; but he must say, that the contributions made in the churches en that day hardly seemed to have reached an amount suitable to the occasion —(Hear)—and to those who might think that some further exertions land sacrifices might be gracefully made for the sake of the poor, he would suggest that that institution afforded a safe and permanent means of carrying their charitable intentions into effect. As regarded their financial affairs, it appeared to him that they ought to allow a gradual growth to their profits; they had every reason to hope that their dividend would amount to 24 or three per cent• when they had carried into full development that building with the adjoining lodging-houses, and they might calculate on an ulti mate dividend of 5 per cent. when they had attained the contemplated limit of 4,000 shares, and 100,000/ capital. This, he knew, was not a romantic view to take of the question, but he felt assured that, at the present day, benevolence would be most usefully exerted when the calculations of prudence were united with the impulses of generosity.— (Hear, hear.) In conclusion, the Noble Earl begged to commend the prosperity of the institution to the en lightened bounty of his audience. The chair was then taken by Viscount Ebrington, the Earl of Carlisle being obliged by an engagement to leave the meeting. Sir It. HOWARD congratulated the society on the amount of success they had already obtained, and stated that the directors hoped in a short time to pay a dividend of five per cent. The Rev. J. HARRIS expressed his satisfaction and thankfulness to the directors for having established such an institution in his .parish. He had no doubt that their most sanguine hopes would be crowned with success, and, as far as his influence extended, he would lend his instrumentality to forward their objects.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN expressed his belief that it was impossible for the Government or Parliament to afford much assistance to this object, which must depend mainly for its success on the employment of private capital and exertion. Dr. SOUTHWOOD SMITH thought that their efforts should he principally directed, not so much to build ing lodging-houses for single men, as to the improve ment of the dwellings of families. Mr. S. BOWLEYT of Gloucester, explained the objects of a society formed in that city for improving the dwellings of the poor, and securing to the tenants the freeholds of their cottages after a period of fourteen years. The meeting then separated. ENGLAND, RUSSIA, AND T URKE Y. The following documents show that the anchoring of the English fleet below the Inner Castles of the Dardanelles is no infraction of the treaty of 1841, as contended by Russia. The first of these documents is a copy of the official memorandum from Chekib Effendi, addressed to the representatives of the several Powers at the Ottoman Porte, dated the 27th of February, 1845 : "Your Excellency is aware that the entrance of ships of war belonging to foreign Powers in the Straits of the White Sea (Mediterranean) and of the Black Sea has always been prohibited. This ancient regulation has acquired much more force by the treaty concluded the I9th Regib of the year of the Hegira 1257 (September stb, 1841) between the Sublime Porte and the fire great Powers, so that when ships of war, either large or small, and whatever may be the P,,wer to which they belong, wish to enter the above meutloned Straits, it shall be first signified to them that they are not permitted to enter. If they do not pay attention thereto one or two guns will be fired without ball; and if they still persist in entering, then as such a proceeding will be a contravention of the treaty and of the regulation, they shall be prevented from entering by being fired upon with shot. "It is equally known that it is not permitted to mer chant vessels in general, either Turkish or of friendly nations, to pass the Straits after sunset, but from time to time such vessels are seen, who, not wishing to observe this rule, attempt to enter; and although means are tried to prevent them, by firing guns only to warn them and without any design of hitting them, as they are aware that those guns will do them no harm, no real ad vantage is obtained by it. " Now this ancient prohibition with regard to mer chant vessels is alone necessitated by the impossibility of discerning whether the vessel which passes during the night be a ship of war or a merchant vessel ; but the authorities in writing to us represent that as they attri bute to a kind of tolerance the fact that they have fired upon the vessels which have passed, up to the present time, with the intent to cause them harm, the greater part of the vessels endeavour to annul the rule in question. For this reason it has been definitely determined to put into full execution, with respect to all vessels which endeavour to pass the Straits after sunset, this measure of absolute prohibition ; a measure which ought to be in violably observed as part of our ancient system of administration of the Sublime Porte, and as a neces sary consequence of that which has been established by the treaty which has been concluded a short time since with the five Allied Powers. In consequence whereof, it has been signified to the authorities that a delay of three months, to count from the Ist of March of the current year, 1261, has been fixed; that, at the ex piration of this term, they are at first to acquaint by signals those vessels that insist on entering the straits of the prohibition which exists ; that, if the vessels take no notice thereof, two or three guns will be fired without ball ; and that, if the vessels do not take notice of this, every means will be resorted to to prevent their passing by firing open them with shotted gems. " We accordingly address the present official memo randum to your Excellency, begging you to cause the present measures to be brought through the proper channels to the notice of mowers of merchant vessels, in order that they may be aware that if in consequence of the regulations before mentioned being put in force there should result any damage or harm, they cannot prefer a claim or plaint; and we beg your Excellency to have the goodness to give orders so that there regula tions may be made compulsory and necessary." The other is a detailed account of the practice which has been hitherto invariably observed in car rying out the above instructions : " All vessels, either of war or mercantile, are allowed to enter the channel of the Dardanelles at any hour of the day or night; the straits being considered as com mencing at their narrowest part (something less than an English mile), namely—at the inner castles of Charak- Kalessi, on the Asiatic shore; and at Killic-Bahar, im mediately opposite, on the European sides. " If merchant ships arrive at these straits before sun set they pass up without hindrance; but ships of war cannot so pass at any time without being provided with a Vizierial letter addressed to the Governor of the Castles, who resides at Carak-Dales-i. The ambassador or minister of the nation to which the ship belongs is utually apprised previously, and obtains this p,:r mistiou in time to send it to the Consul at the Dar danelles to meet her arrival; but until this is delivered to the Governor, such ship is not allowed to pass, but may by at anchor below the inner castles before mentioned. A recent instance of this occurred with the American corvette Jamestown in the month of September last, which entert,d the channel and came to anchor be low the inner castles, to wait for the Vizierial letter from Constantinople, on the receipt of which on the fol lowing day she was allowed to pass up. Charak-Ka lessi is the Turkish name for the town and castle of the Dardanelles, where all the European consols reside. Coming from Constantinople ships of war are nut re quired to be furnished with any authority, but pass down freely ; but all merchant-vessels must be provided, through their several Consulates at Constantinople, with a firman to pass, which firman must be delivered at the Dardanelles, and any that attempt to pass without doing so is fired on from the castles on either side of the straits." It is abundantly evident from the above that Sir Wlll'am Parker was completely justified by the treaty of 1841 in taking up a position where he did, and should he meet with blowing weather in Basika, to which anchorage he went for the purpose of exercising his men and firing at a target, Sce., he will return to his former anchorage below the Inner Castles of the Dardanelles. their guidance, with the utmost strictness. You may laugh ; but, when we heard the sailors talk of their grog (at a good distance, too), there was nothing we felt the want of so much as a little of that liquid and potatoes ! except Mr. O'Brien, who adheres to his pledge most rigidly. However, we are now pretty well inured to suffering, and can bear everything. We don't expect to arrive at Hobart Town until the end of November. In my letter to - I have been rather minute in details, and have directed them to be open to the inspection of all friends. " I cannot attempt to express my feelings of gratitude and affection for , and those noble • hearted beings who sustained me in those hours of difficulty through which I have passed. t But neither time, nor distance, nor circumstances, shall ever alter the deep impression of love and esteem which such conduct has engravers on my heart. May I one day be enabled to prove that such generous kindness was not forgotten, nor wholly unm,rited ! " We all lung to hear news from poor Old Ireland, in the hope that pesti!ence and famine have abated their ravages in that beautiful but unhappy land. May God grant it, and bless again our poor old Erin ! " Present my best regards to — 7 —, —, and , who may have any sympathy for us. I have written this in so hurried a mode, that I hope its unsatisfactory vagueness will not be ascribed to any but the one urgent cause—haste, and the writer not, by any chance, his own master. Believe, my dear -, ever your sincere, attached, and affectionate " PATRICK O'DONOII0E." * Plainly, this order wa% owing to the anti-convict agitation then at its height in Cape Town, but of which the writer was, of course, uuAwarc. Dead about six weeks. A young gentleman who promis,d, like a few other lawyers' clerks who became barristers, to be eminent in his profession. Alluding to the liberal contributions subscribed by the law clerks fer his defence. O'Donotroe was re garded, I understand, as one of the best taxing and con veyancing cLiks in Ireland. WRECKS on the GUN FLEET SANDS. On the night of Friday last no less than six vessels were lost on these dangerous sands ; five of them were deeply coal-laden ships belonging to Newcastle and Shields, the other was a foreigner ; all were on their passage to London. The night was exceedingly dark, thick, and rainy ; the wind was blowing strong from the eastward, with a me at deal of sea and a strong ebb tide. The vessels had each pa!sed the Sunk-light in safety, between which and the Middle light there is ts long, narrow, and dangerous naviga tion, with the Gunfleet Sands on one side and the Heaps on the other. Unfortunately, also, the Middle light cannot be seen until the Sunk has been left a considerable distance; in a dark night, therefore, the navigation is excedingly difficult. On Friday, each vessel struck the sands between this intervening space ; for although the right bearings were got on leaving the Sunk, the tide, from the vessels being deeply leden, set them gradually out of the proper channel, and carried them on to these fatal sands. In all pro bability, also, one vessel misled the other, as they grounded very near to each other. Her Majefey'e cutter Scout soon got tidings of the disasters, and hastened to the assistance of the crews, who had wisely remained on board their vessels. Providentially they were rescued without the loss of a man. One collier was, by assistance, got off, and made for Yarmouth ; the Scout succeeded in getting another off, but after being in deep. water half an hour she filled and went down. The other vessels became total wrecks, but we ham they were all insured in the Northern Clubs. The crews were conveyed to Har wich; but we understand that the Shipwreck Society therefore refused to relieve them, on the ground that, though applications had frequently been made, the Newcastle Society refused to refund moneys that had before been paid in similar cases by the Harwich Society. We trust this fearful calamity will show the necessity that such societies should be on friendly and honourabje terms with each other. Yesterday (Monday) afternoon, the united crews, amounting to about thirty men, had a free passage to Ipswich by the River Queen. The scene on board was of the most extraordinary and affecting description. The rough, weather-beaten seamen, who had gone through the perils of that night with undaunted courage, were, is the review of it, com pletely overwhelmed with gratitude to God for His mercy in granting them deliverance. For the most part they were in the fore cabin of the steamer, and at one time all would be on their knees in devout prayer and thanksgiving to God, then a suitable hymn would be read, and the voices of those who had been saved from the yawning ocean would presently sound it forth in solemn thanks to God. From port to port they were entirely occupied in these devotional exer cises, and the effect of them, and indeed the whole scene upon several hardy sons of the ocean who were on board, will never be forgotten. A subscription for the seamen was made on board, Mr. G. Ransome heading the subscription list by a generous sum ; this gentleman afterwards addressed the wrecked seamen in very suitable terms. On their arrival in Ips wich they proceeded by train to London.—lpswich Express. AUSTRIA. The Kelner Zeitung has a telegraphic dispatch from Vienna of the Bth inst., stating that the emission and circulation of six of the principal Vienna papeis, (the Presse among the number), has been stopped. These papers will not be allowed to appear so long as the state of siege continues. The Prague papers state that two rocket batteries and thirty-four.waggons of ammunition were sent on the 81) instant to the frontiers of Saxony. The publication of an evening paper was suppressed, and six arrests of students took place at Prague on the 6'l instant. ITALY. A letter from Rome of the 3d says that General Barraguay d'llilliers was expco:ed back from Portici on the s'h. The Concordia of Turin of the Bth states, on the faith of private correspondence, that the Colleges of Jesuits at Ferrara, Forli, and Faenza, have been re opened, and that those of Tivoli and Loreto will soon follow. The fortress of Spoleto, according to this. account, is full of political prisoners. BANK OF FRANCE. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France on Dee. 6:— ASSETS. Cash and ingots Ditto in branch banks Bills past due ••• ••• Bills falling due in Paris, of which 16,238,169 f. Oc. are from the branch banks ••• ••• ••• ••• 41,074,423 2, Bills in the branch banks ~. ... 77,655,175 0 Advances on coins and ingots... ... 5,276,600 0 Ditto by the branch banks ... 276,091 0 Ditto on French public securities ... 20,394,431 10 Ditto by branch banks... ... 2,022,902 0 Ditto to the State ou Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 0 Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... 50,000,000 0 I oan of 3,000,000 f. to the city of Mar seilles ... ••• ••• --- Advance to the department of the Seine ••• ••• ••- Rentes of the reserve fund itentes, disposable funds ... Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... Hotel and furniture of the Bank ..„ Real property of the branch banks ..• Interest in National Discount Bank ... Ditto branch banks ... „, Bills protested at Paris Ditto at the branches ... Expenses of administration of the Bank Ditto of the branches ... - Miscellaneous ..- ... f. 289 217,922 20 . . , 126,768,644 0 510,242 66 .•• 1,075,000 0 ... 3,000,000 0 ... 10,000,000 0 ... 42,529,988 13 12,826,541 39 4,000,000 0 3,038,327 0 200,000 0 230,000 0 2,517,699 72 1,918,135 0 524,181 65 511,617 0 2,479,970 21 L 748,079,894 27 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. the undersigned, being the crews of three out of seven vessels which were wrecked on Friday night, the 7th instant, upon the Gunfleet Sands, off Harwich, venture to ask the favour of your introducing this short letter into your valuable paper. It is not our wish to make any parade of our feelings and sufferings, but to record our deep sense of gratitude to God for preserving our lives, and to mention also our thankfulness to Ilitn for the instru ments He employed in our preservation. And, as we have no power of returning the kind ness we received from those who were instrumental in saving and relieving us, all we can do is to mention with the deepest gratitude the name of Captain Saxby, of her Majesty's cutter Scout. That officer, antici pating a night of disaster, had anchored to leeward of the Gunfleet, and when we were obliged to abandon our vessels we found safety, shelter, and comfort, and the most liberal treatment from him, and from his officers and crew. We may never see Captain Ssxby and his gallant crew again in this world, but we hope that his last words to us will be fulfilled—" Well, my lads, m e may never meet again in this worl I, but I hope we shall meet again in the world to come." We remain, sir, your obedient servants, HENRY CLOTHER, Master. WILLIAM ROBERTS, Mate. GEORGE DANE, WILLIAM CHAPMAN, Seamen. WILLIAM CUITER, (Belonging to the schooner William.) WILLIAM STEINKOP, Master. JOHN THEW, Mate. JOHN HUDSON, WILLIAM HINDSON, JAMES WILSON, Seamen. ALEX. WRIGLIT, ALEX. WISKART, (Belonging to the brig Rapid.) JOHN Coos, Master. THOMAS BANK, Mate. STEPHEN COATES, THOMAS NOAKES, CusaLEs CHUIDERTON, Seaman. GEORGE MUTTON, JOHN SANDERSON, (Belonging to the brig Leavour.) We, the undersigned, will alto feel much obliged by your allowing us to record our gratitude to the master and crew of the smack Petrel, of Colchester, who re ceived us on board, and, although but badly off them selves, gave us what they had:— JOHN JOHNSON, Master. JOHN DODDS, Mate. GEORGE NESBIT, GEORGE MARTIN, WILLIAM WALLS, Seamen. JOHN CODLING, JF.THRO HUGHES. (Belonging to the brig Beta.) Sailors' Home, Wells-street, London Docks, Dec. 11. CALIFORNIA. SOVEREIGNS.—A spurious class of coins has latterly been brought into circulation, under the general designation of Californian sovereigns. They i are well-executed counterfeits of our sovereign t size, design, and colour; and were it not for the lightness of the metal employed in their manufacture, there might be some difficulty in detecting the spurious article. A short time since a n?an named Gleason, a native of Tip. perary, who lived in a house in Sh erwoo d- street fre quented by emigrants, took it into his head to revi.it the place of his birth. Before proceeding thither be pro vided himself with a fair stock of "Californias;" and, as he had resided so l ong i n Li verpoo l , h i s advice was naturally sought by hi s countrymen who were about to emigrate. The advi ce was f ree l y g i ven; an d, amongst other things, Gleeson did not forget to urge on those who consulted him the necessity of obtaining gold for notes before proceeding to Liverpool, where be matt d they would be,obliged to pay a largo per centage to get Irish notes changed. The bait took; the people deter mined next day to go to the first town to procure gold; but Gleeson expressed, his readiness to save them the trouble; be had a quaetity of gold which he would give them for the notes. The offer was accepted. Some 141. or 151. were handed to Gleeson, in notes, for which he returned CaLfernia sovereigns. The poor dupes arrived here in due course, tendered the Calieernias in payment for their passage at one of the emigration offices in this town, and got instantly handed ever to the e ar keeping of one or two police officers. On the matter being ex plaited, the poor emigrants were set at liberty. Subse quently, Gleeson was discovered at his former lodgings in Sherwood-street, but as the parties whose evidence would be necessary to prefer any charge against him had left the tom], nothing could be done in the matter. Gleeson has since loft for America.—LicerPool Mercury. We understand that Government have appointed Captain Kincaid to the office of Inspector of Fact, s, for Scotland, vacant by the death of James Stuart, i; , .q„ of Duncan. Captain Kincaid is still to bold his ap pointment as Inspector of Prisons.—Scolsman. LIABILITIES. Capital ... . . f. 67,900,000 0 Ditto of the Branch Banks ... 23,350,000 0 Reserve fund 10,000,000 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... 2,980,759 14 deserve-immobiliZre ... 4,000,000 0 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... 368,304,100 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... 66,348,050 0 Ditto to order (post-bills) 1,205,976 25 Account-current with Treasury creditor 71,468,746 15 Various accounts current ... 80,125,508 59 Ditto in branches 28,703,493 0 Bills payable at sight ... 4,298,500 0 Ditto at branches 1,532,220 0 Bills of the branch banks payable by the Bank ... ... 6,986,632 26 Ditto of the Bank payable by branches,. 4,326,356 0 Dividends payable ... . . ... 269,739 25 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 155,647 99 Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 3,344,614 63 Ditto branch banks ... 1,900,578 0 Re-discounts of the last six months ... 143,693 49 Ditto in branch banks ... 306,308 0 Miscellaneous ... ... 428,910 47 f. 748,079,894 27 Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France. D'ARGOUT. We find by the above account that the cash in hand has increased by 2,000,000 f. The commer cial bills discounted have decreased by 4,000,0001. The protested bills have decreased by 237,000 f. The bank notes in circulation have diminished by 6,000,0001. The balance to the credit of the Treasury has increased by 5,000,000 f.; and the sundry credits have not varied. IRELAND. (PROM OUR CORRESPONDENT DIIRLIN, WEDNESDAY EYENING, DEC. 12.—The entire of this day has been intensely cold and gloomy, plainly menacing a heavy fall of snow. Indeed, the Wicklow hills, some miles to the south east, have already indued their winter garb, their summits being clothed with snow. Two heavy cases now occupy the Courts of Ex chequer and Queen's Bench—in the f o r mer th e act i on for defamation against Captain ill*Manus, who is charged with having swindled, seduced, and then de famed, by anonymous letters, a young woman named Devine—in the latter the case of Ffrench v. Ffrench. Mr. Fitzgibbon resumed his address for the defendant, M‘Manus, this morning, and did not close until two o'clock. Die hearing witnesses for the defence then com menced, and there is no chance of the trials closing before to-morrow evening. In the Ffrench case the examination of witnesses occupied all this day. THE STATE CONVICTS. There never existed a doubt here as to the authenti city of the rythmical effusions palmed upon the State prisoners by a Plymouth or Devonport paper, as cribing curious doggrel to Messrs. Meagher and O'Brien. The former was as much the author of " Paddies evermore," in the rendering of, I believe, the Devonport paper, as Smith ,O'Brien was of an objurgatory lament on the impracticability of " Ser geant Flinn," of the Marines, both of which apptared some time since in the Irish papers. I have now, however, a real bona fide letter before me, from the pen of Patrick O'Donohoe, whose handwriting I have had full occasion to know in a professional capacity ; I, therefore, could vouch for its genuineness with out being aware of the fact—as I am—that it has been forwarded through the " Irish office" (wherein it was opened) to its destination. I have been handed the letter by a friend, to whom it was lent; and I have scarcely a doubt your readers will peruse it with interest. I transcribe faithfully with out mentioning names : " Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, Thursday, 13th Sept., 1349, seven in the morning, on board her Majesty's sloop of war the Swift. "My dear anchored here last:evening at eight bells,' as they nautically term it for some unintelligible hour in this unwonted climate, after a voyage of sixty-five days. The authorities here have directed that we should be ready to sail out of this port at twelve o'clock to- day,* so that we have merely time to take in fresh water. Mit c h e l has not arrived here yet, neither have O'Doherty and Martin ; and there are serious apprehensions respect ing Mitchel, particularly lest the vessel he sailed in was wrecked. " Short as is my time for writing, I could not forego the pleasure of sending a line to you, although I had already desired, in a letter to -t, that he should remember me to you in the most affectionate manner. " Our journey, so far, has been tedious, dull, and dreary. We have been tossed about very much, nothing but calms and contrary winds, with one or two slight gales. We were driven to a great distance into western longitude, and were for many days near the South American coast. The immense heat an noyed us a good deal within the tropics, but it is now a little cold in these latitudes. Still, we are all in right good health and spirits —not one bit reduced in bone and sinew, nor depressed in mind, ready for any fate that may await us, vnd cheerfully to suffer all pains and p-nalties like Irishmen who are not Infidels. The regulations observed on board have been very strict. Tea, without milk, and biscuit morning and evening; salt pork, or junk, with peas'-soup and prepared beef soup occasionally, for dinner, and two glasses of sherry wine each per day. The doctor has. sometimes, very kindly allowed us a little porter. We rise at six in the morning, and turn into berths at nine in the evening, being allowed to go on deck, two at a time alternately, during the day. We are constantly guarded by marines. The captain and officers are most courteous, polite, and sternly kind— that is, they do not inflict upon us the weight of any ill-temper of their own, whilst observing the rules laid down by the Admiralty for THE COUNTRY MARKETS. FIRMINGII.I3I, DEC. 13.—At Gloucester and Wor ces'er inarkt.t, , , on the Bth, wh. at was le'd firmly for the prices of that day se'nnight, but the trade ruled very dull. Barley again 6d per quarter lower. Fine oats inaint:ined their value, and no further reduction was submitted to on secondary qualities. Beans and 'peas both is per quarter loner. This week the few parcels of wheat which have changed hands realised previous currency. Barley nominally unaltered, with a slow de mand. Oats less pressed for sale. Beans and peas offering cheap:•r, without finding buyers. At this day's market there was a fair supply of wheat from the farmers, which met a ready sale, at rather over the cur rer.cy of this day se'nnight, and we raise our quotations hi per bushel. For barley there was more inquiry, at former rates. Little doing in oats, but lower offers were not accepted. Beans and pa Is deed led la per quarter. BOSTON, DEC. 12.—Wheat, red 33s to 38s, white 441; oats, 123 to 165 Od; beans, new 23s to 265, old 003 per quarter. LONG SUTTON.—Return of sales for the week ending Dec. B—Wheat, 307 qrs, 4 bush, 5861 9s 6d (average :38s lid); barley, 16 qts, 0, bush, 161 Os Od (aver. 203 02); beaus, 21 qrs, 2 bush, 2716 s Od (aver. 25s 81d); vats, 3 qrs, 21 84 02 (aver. 16s 01) LYNN, DEC. H.—Wheat, 32s to 365, fine 38s, to 40s; barley, 203 to 245, fine 26s to 27s per qr. ALFORD.—Averages for the week ending Dec. 10: — Wheat 36s 52; barley 20s Od; Oats, 15s Ed per qr. SLEAFORD, DEC. 10.—Wheat, white 39i to 43s ; red 37s Od to 403 02; new Os to Os; barley 24s to 28s; oats, 14e to 18s; beans, 283 to 35s per qr. LOUTH, DEC. 12.—Wheat, red 344 to 38s; ahito 425; barley 215 to 244; oats 133 to 16s; beans 29s to 32s per qr. NEWARK, DEC. 12.—Wheat, old white 42s to 46i, new 40s to 44s Od, old red 383 to 40s, new 38s to 425; barley. malting 2ts to 265, extra Os to Os, grinding ditto, 20s to 21s, foreign 22s to 234; oats, new 15s to 206, old 22s to 245; beans, new 25s to 28s, old 34s to 36 4 , peas 283 to 303; rye 00s to 00s; tares 361 to 40s; malt 54s to 56s per qr. 14)1711E1111AM, Dac. 10.—Beef, 5s 81 to 61 3d per stone; mutton, 41d to 51-1 per lb ; s t oc k s h eep, 00 3 to 00 3 per head. DERBY DEC. 11.—Our supply of fat beasts thi s morn ing was large, and the quality generally good, there being several lots from Newark fair, which was held on Monday. We have seen more buyers in the market than there was this morning, which had a If ndeney to prevent an advance in price which evidently was aimed at. The show of sheep was also good, but the demand was flat. The number of fat pigs was larger than it was the last week. Beef made from 5d to 51c1; mutton, 5d to 51d; veal, 511 to 6d per lb; pigs, 75 6d to 8s per score. Rough fat, 38 6d is r stone of 141bs. Hides, lid per lb. Calf-skins 21 to 31d per lb. GLASGOW, DEC 12.—Caastwise and from Ireland our :upplies have been light; from Canada about 2,928 barrels of flour and 125 qrs of peas have arrived, and only about 978 qrs of wheat, and 652 qrs of peas reached Grangemouth from abroad. Business continued dull during the week, with little variation in the value of any article. At this day's market there was a fair attend ance of town and country buyers. Wheat and flour were in improved demand, and realiz9d the full rates of this day se'nnight. Barley of good making quality was more inquired after; inferior sorts neglected. Oats and oatmeal unchanged. Beans and peas in moderate re quest at last week's prices. In Indian corn and meal little passing. EDINBURGH, DEC. 12.—The quantity of wheat brought forward this day was 813 qrs, being 173 gra less than last week. Top price the.same, and 4d up on the average —BB qrs unsold. The quantity of barley brought for ward was 1,754 qrs, being 406 qrs less than last week. Price on the top the same, and the average 2d up-- 480 qrs unsold. Of oats we had 971 qrs brought forward , or 394 qrs less than last week. Top price is 4d, and the average is 61 up-24 qrs unsold. The quantity of boa's was 186 qrs, or: 3 qrs less than last week. Price on the top the same, and the average 101 up-94 qrs un sold. Top of wheat ... 63 lba 47s od ... Barley ... 57 lbs 25i 6d ... Oats 22s od ... Beans •65f1bs 30% Od EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, DEC. 12.—The supply of tittle this morning was 431, being 61 less than last meek. The demand good, and prime beasts sold readily at fully last week's prices. At the close a good clearance was effected. Top price of the best beet Ss Od to 0s; current 7s to 7s 9J; middling and inferior 6s to 6s 6:1 per Dutch stoae. The supply of sheep this morning was 3,683, being 687 less than last week. Sales dull, particularly for inferior sorts, and prices down. Top price of the best mutton 511 per lb; current, 4id to sd; inferior,.3d to 41. A great number unsold. DUNDEE, DEC. 10.—Wheat, 40s Od to 42s Od; foreign ditto, 47s 01 to 50s Od; barley, 22s Od to 23s Od; oats, 18s 61 to 19s 01 ; peas and beans, 23s 01 to 25s 6d. COME, DEC. 12.—Flour—First 1256 d to 135 Od ; extra l4e; seconds, lls to 12s 6d ; households 9s to lOs 6d; thirds, 7s to tis per cwt. Oatmeal 9s 6d to 105; Indian meal 6s 6d to 619 d; wheat meal, 9s 6d tulOsper cwt. Indian corn 125 s 01 to 1275 6d per.too• Bran 31 lOsto 3112 s 61 per ton. Hay—Farmers 215 to 345; average 345; dealers 365 to 40s Od; average 38s per ton. Stt aw— Farmer 145 01 to 265 Od ; average XO3 ; dealers 275 Od to 005 odl average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 6kll household loaf 5d to sid per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to 9d per lb. Eggs —6561t0 6s 8d per hundred. Coals-- - Newport 14s; Lydney 165 ; Landore 145; Best Neath Culm 13s per ton. Tallow 39s Od to 008 per cwt. Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 3d to sd; mutton 4d to sd; veal 4d to Od ; pork 3 3 / 4 d to 4d ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 5d pot lb. Hops b 1 Os per cwt. Bangor slates 3125 6d to 3155 per ton. Bark—Barbary 71 5 s to 815 s; Valonia 141 to 01; French 7158; English 01 per ton. Fleece Wool 101 to 12s per stbste. Hemp 321 to 001 per tor. Fish— Scotch herrings 18s to 19s; red ditto 24s to 266 per barrel ; Newfoundland 1010 s to 121 pet ton. Timber—Alernel, 851 per ton ; deals, first quality, Mai second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 14s to 185; salted 14s to 20s per mat ; calf skins 2d to 2Jd per lb. Potatoes, white bid to 9d; Minions lid to 121; Guano-- Peruvian, 111 10s; Ichaboe 91 per ton ; Tar—Archangel 19s per barrel. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, DEC. 13. &TOME ExcHArfon.—This being the day of Her late Majesty the Queen Dowager's funeral, the Stock Exchange was closed. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was very dull to day, acd prices are rather lower, closing heavily at the quotAions. The transactions were as follow:—Birkenhead , Lancashire, and Cheshire, IN c. dis. Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol. Fifths 6% dis. London and North- Western, 115 c. p.—Ditte, New Quarters, 13s. 9d. p.- - Ditto, Fifths, 1% c. p.—Ditto, Quarters (C), I.j P. -- Midland, 49t4 Ditto, Halves, 21 1 4 dis. South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), 61. Bs. 3d. —Whitehaven and Furness, l 11 / 4 dis.—York, Newcastle, and _Berwick (Original N. IDd t%), 17 1 A c. _ MANCHESTER, Dac. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The transactions to-day were so follow :—London and North-Western, Manchester and Bit' mingham (C ), Quarters, 1 7-16 p.—Manchester, Sheffield , and Lincolnshire, Preference, 9 1 ,p —North Staffordshire, 9% dis.—South Eastern and D u ver (N o . 4), S cr i p , 6 716' South Staffordshire, 4% n. dis. YORK, DEc. 12. Szock EXCHANGE. —The transactions to-day were so follow: Great Northern, 7 1 / 9 —North Staffordshire, 8-' Eastern Counties, 7 (,—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), DEATH mood SEA SICKNESS.-011 Saturday ag, while the mail steamer Camilla was on ha pass ge f .gym Belles', betwixt Ailsa Craig and the Cumbree-he ,d, two children were discovered dead in the steerage.] 'there was a very violent gale blowing, with a roi gh oea, and it is supposed the children died from arreru sea sickness, their mothers, who accompau ed them, an I who, we believe, were proceedi to Glasgovr being att eked and unable to attend to them. The ni.rther of one of the children was, before leaving BAfett, advised not to prcceed on the voyage, as the child ha I been previously unwell, and there being a like" lihood of the night proving rough. The occurr n beg been investigated by the authorities at Glasgow, and ee blame 'found to attach to the officers of the vessel.! Greenock Ado& tiser. (ADVERTISEMENT.]—THE EARL OF ALDBms,OI7O” AND Ilor.LowAy's Pttts.—An astounding cure by this miraculoll s medicine, aster every other means had failed. See extract from hi] Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1114 5 • Professor Holloway—Sir : I beg to acquaint you that your pills have et fected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach which all the Met eminent of the faculty, at home and all over the continent, had not been able to effect; nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad or Mar, rienbad. (Signed) " ALDBOROVGN." These wenderfal pills WI:: cure stay disease of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also HollowaY: Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, amid, a" by all medicine vendors throughout the civilised world. BIRTHS. On the 9th inst., at Plymouth, the wife of Captain Lind sell, w4 . Bth Regiment, ( f a daughter. On the 11th inst., at Tewksbury-villa, Shepherd's•bnsht Mrs. Thomas Wheatley, of a son. On the 11th inst., at Park-terrace, Brixton, Mrs. J. Jontet of a daughter. At Midharst, on the 11th inst., the wife of Bibbed D• Scott, Esq., of a son and heir. On the filth inst., in Gower-street, Bedford-square, the mite of F. S. Clarkson, Esq., of a daughter. On the I Ith inst., at Mansfield, the lady of J. Salmondo Esq., of Waterloot, Cumberland, of a daughter. On the II th inst.. at Edith-villas, North-end, Fulham, the lady of W. Hutchinson, Esq., of a son. On the 11th inst., at Putney, the wife of the Rev. Edward Eat, of a daughter. • MARRIED. On the 11th inst., at St. Luke's Church, Cork, Lieutenan t- Colonel Joseph Ellison Portlock, Royal Engineers, to Fan ' fourth daughter of Major-General Charles Turner, K. " commanding Cork district. On the lit h inst., at Christ Church, Scarborough, the Rs.• .. J. C. Atkinson, incumbent of Danby and d ;nestle chsplA ll .: to the Viscount Dome, to Jane Hill, eldest daughter of Job , ' Hill Coulson, Esq., of Scarborough. stet On the I lth inst., at St. George's Church, Hanover-59 1 ? b t Captain George Collingwood Dickson, 23d Madras -bire a Infantry, to Henrietta Emma, eldest daughter of W. • Frampton, Esq., of Hall-house, Frome, Somersetshire. DIED On the 9th inst , aged 74, the Rev. Hugh William Jonth 51. A., of Treiorwerth, Anglesey, chancellor of Bangor Gab!: dral, rector of Llantrisant . and Aberifraw, and chaplain to t , '" Most Nsble the Marquis of Anglesey.' On the 9 , 1 inst.. in Rutland-street, Momington-cres ce Ca' thin Edward Vinicombe Elsworthy, aged 74. On the 9th inst., aged 36, David Jon-s, youngest son ° f Protheree, Esq.. of Ctevedon, Somerset. d sit Sir the oth inst., at St L e onard' s -on-S e a, Sussex, age - „„d Sir James _ . Urnistun, formerly President of the Hun. Pa"' Inda Company's affairs at Chioa. On the , utti inst., aged 67, Ann, widow of the late Mr. Tungatt, o Lioteliou-e On the 1 , th inst., at Hackney, Mary Ann, the only daugh ter of J. Beek, Esq. ir• On the 11th ins - ., at Ashford-place, Camberwell, Mr• of G. Barnes, eldest son of the late Mr. J. Barnes, formerly the Bank of England, aged 23. London: Printed and Published by MURDO i r Tic ei Na. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sur. 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