The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-12-17 00:00:00

From the Dorset County chroxick, Dee. 15
DORCHESTER BANK.

The failure of Messrs. Williams and Co.'s bank, in
Birchin-lane, has occasioned a temporary suspension of
payments at the Dorchester bank. The public, however,
seem not to be alarmed ; the credit of the Dorchester bank
stands on too firm a basis to be shaken by the failure to
which we have alluded, and they will resume business in a
few days again.
We are sorry to add, says the same Journal, that the
Winchester bank of Deane and Littleliales, which drew on
Sir Peter Pole, suspended payment yesterday.

SOU? IiAIIPTOX, DEC. 13.

About a quarter of an hour before the usual time of com-
mencing business on Monday, a bill was posted up on the
door of Alessrs. Keller and Pritchard'bank, stating, that
owing to the failure of Sir Peter Pole Bulk, in London,
they were under the necessity of suspe iug their payments
for a few days.
lyrom the Lined* end Stam7l4 Alercery.l
PETERBOROUGH 11K.
On Wednesday morning the ban ' -house of Messrs.
Simpson and White suspended psymeak of their notes, but
from the known respectability of the parties, every confi-
dence is entertained that they will shortly resume business.
The inhabitants of Peterborough have published decla-
ration of their entire reliance on the sufficiency of the other
bank in that town, and in Stamford, without any actual
necessity with reference to any run on the bank, a very
large number of the inhabitants have published their full
conviction of the sufficiency of Messrs. Eaton and Cayles,
and their readiness to take the notes of the Stamford and
Rutland bank in payment, as usual. The stoppage of the
Northampton bank has been succeeded by that of the Ket-
tering, Gotsh and Son's, and the Wellingborough banks in
the same county.

CAMBRIDGE BANK?.
:[From the Cambridge Cbremick.l
The panic which prevails in the commercial world,
owing to the distress and confusion in the money market,
has extended to this town, and consequently a run upon
the different banks took place yesterday. A meeting was
held at the Vice-Chancellor's in the afternoon, when a re-
solution, declaring the entire confidence of all the gentle-
men present in the] stability of the respective banking
houses in Cambridge, was agreed to, and signed by the
Vice-Chancellor and many other of the principal person-
ages in the University. A very numerous meeting of mer-
chants and tradesmen, at which the Mayor presided, was
held in the evening, at die Town Hall, when resolutions of
a similar nature were entered into.
HEMEL HEMPSTnAD BANK.
From the COlStiti Heraaj
A meeting has been held of the principal persons of the
town and neighbourhodd of Hemel Ilempatead; in conse-
quence of the agitation and alarm occasioned by the sus-
pension of the several London banking-Louses, when a
statement of the affairs of the bank of Messrs. Grover and
Pollard was submitted, and, vet y much ta the honour anti
-.radii of the firm, proved highly satisfsetcrry ; in fact so
much so, that several personal offers of anistanee, if sir-
cesaary, were itninctlianly made; and one gentleman alone
volunteers 41 an offer of 10,000!. at a few hosts notice ; but
we are happy to state that it is not at all likely that the
firm will require any of the amistanee so kindly off'.•red up
to the present dine, nothing like a run having been ex-1
perienced, but for the event of which the batik arper.rs to
be perfectly prepsred.