The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-22 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS.

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(From the London Gazette of Tuesday )
An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth
Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank
Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England% nd
Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur-
day, the 9th day of October, 1852:- Average
PRIVATE BANKS- Amount.
Andover Bank, Andover-ileath 15,831
A.shford Bank, Ashford-Jeminitt and Pomfret 12,021
is vlaham-R. and G Copeman 4,392
A.ylsham panic,
Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Riekford
and aunt ............................................. 28,052
Baklock Bank and Baldoek and Biggleswads
Bank, Baldock-Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell ... 24,106
Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Marshall and Co 11,290
Basingstoke all Odiham. Bank, Basingstoke-
Seymour, Lamb, and Co
Bedford Bank, Bedford-T. Barnard
Ledford and Bedfordshire Bann, Bedford-
Trapp, Halfhead, and Co. -
Bewley Bank, Bewelley-Nichols, Baker, and
O 10,256
r,:ne
Bicestor and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford
flank, Bicester-Tubb and Co. .. .... ... .., 14,609
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Attwor is,
Spooner, and Co..
Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming-
ham--j. Ti. Moilliett, and Sons 11,517
Blandford Bank, Blandford-Bastard ana Oak 7,095
Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co
69,383
Boston Bank, Boston-Gee and Co.-. 4,55
Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-J. &J. Sealey 4,958
Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Harford, and Co. 35,571
Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and
Broseley Bank, Broseley-Aessrs. Pritchard 16,167
Buckingham Bank, Buckingham -Bartlett,
Parrott, and Co. , .......................5....t0w-
..... 25,888
Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank,
Bevan, and Co. 73,010
Market Bank, Bury-Oakes,
Banbury Bank, Barbary-Gillettnd T
Cobb Cobb... . 35,427
,789
Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-M and Son
essrs. 27
Bath City Bank, Bath-goa-er
Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton
Buzzard-Bassett and Grant 33,982
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and
. ............. ..
Lloyds
Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H.
A. and W. Ni. Harris and Co 13,213
Brecon Old Bank, A. and Co 70,692
Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West,
and Borrer
Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington-
Ilarding, Smith, and Co
Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds-
3, Worlledge and Co.
Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock and
Sons
Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cana-
bridge--Messrs. Forsters
Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and
Co. . • 35,045
Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-Morris and
Sons
Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-Messrs. La Coste .„ 3,480
Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round, Green,
and Co.
Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex
Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester
-Mills, Bawtree, and Co 31,660
Coraish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Coo 46,102
Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little and Wood-
cock 7,138
City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co 19,901
Craven Bank, Settle-Birkbecks and Co.
Cardiff Bank, Cardiff-Towgood and C 0... 6,085
Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon-
mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon
Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank,
Chepstow--Bromage, Snead, and Co. . 8,598
Derby Bank, Derby-Messrs. Evans • 9,380
Derby Bank, Derby-Smith and Co.
Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak
Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and C 0..., 28,564
Devizes and Wiltshire Bauk, Devizes-Hughes,
Locke, and Co 10,050
Piss Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham, and Co lO 578
Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster- '
Cooke and Co 64,673
Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton-
on-Tees Bank, Darlington-Baekhouse, &Co 84,259
Devonport Bank, Devonport-Hodge and Nor-
man
Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, 10,146
Dorchester-Williams and Co. 49,490
East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Foster,
and Co. ..... 114 997
East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower, Hall. '
and Co.
Essox Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank,
Chebnsford-Sparrow, and Co. 44070
Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 29 307
Fakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk- '
heck, and Co. -
21,396
Farringdon Bank and Bank of \Vantage, Far
'^fxdon-Barnes and Medley
_ _ __

... 12,461

6,605

ring ..
Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight 12,533
Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Ce, 5,484
Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and
Keen ......................... . ....................... . 4,880
Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Hayden 7,720
Grantham Bank, Granthaml—Hardy and Co 27,532
Hastings 01(1 Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder,
and Co. 30,497
Here:ord. City and County Bank, Hereford—
Matthews and Co.
fiertfcrd and Ware Bank, 1-lertford—S. Adams
an‘l Co . 15,321
Gull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull
;;:pith, Brothers, and Co.
HanCngdon Town and County Bank, Hunting
don—Ru:.;t, and Veasey
Harwich B:mk, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co 5,117
Hem2l Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hompstead—
Smith, and whittingstall
Hertf)rdshire, Hitchen Bank, Kitchen—Sharples
and Co.
Hereford, Reel, and Archontield Bank, and Ross
and r rchenfield Bank, Hereford—Morgan
'Hoskins, and Co 19,242
Ipswi,:h Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co.
Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk,
Iladleigh ' Bank, Manuingtree and Mistl©y
Lank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich—
Alexanders. and Co.
Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall,
and Mercer
Kin4ton and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J
Davies and Co .. 28,874
Knighton Bank Knighton—J. Davies and Cc,. 10,136
Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank,
Knaresborough—Terry and Co.
Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakeßell, Crewdson,

and Co. 42,434
Kettering Bank, Kettering—Gotzh and Sons.., 9,523
Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C
Harvey and Son
Leeds Bank. Leeds—Beckett and Co 53,822
103A5 Union Bank, Laell—W.Wrillia s, Brown,

and C..).
Lei,tester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby 24.736
Lewmt Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co._ 32.4,
LichFeld Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Green 15,6i0
Lincoln Bank. Lincoln—Smith and Co 67,622
Lampeter Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando-
very—David Jones and Co.
Loughborough Bank, Loughboroagh—Middle-
tons and Cradock
Lymington Bank, LyMillgtOn—C. and S. St
Barbo
Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis
—Gurneys and Co. ....
Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis—
Jarvis and Co.
Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brooklchurst
and Co
Manningtree Bank, Manningtree —N unn 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 Bsn;
Marlborough—Ward, Merriman, and Hillicr
Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly2-,Tones and

7,633

14,745
2,540

1,799

Williams ••-• 7,58 7
Miners' Bank, Truro —Willy", Das and Co 14,696
Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial
Bank, Abergavenny—Baileys and Co:
Monmouth Old Beak, Monmouth Bank, Brecon
Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank,
and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth
—Bromage and Snead
Monmonthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport
—W. Williams and Sons —
Newark Bank, Newark—Godfreys and Hutton 2 3,573
Newark Bank,
Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and
and co Sleaford—llandley, Peacock,
49,463
,
Newburytiwmarket eßank
Bank, Newbury—Bunny and Slocock. 22,465
Newmarket—Eaton, Ham-
mond, and son
Norwich Crown Bank,
Norwich—Harveys and
fludsons . ..................
and Norfolk 1i;..i..........—Gur- 4 3,2:3
Norwich
new and Birkbeek -
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not-
tingham—hart, Follows, and Co
Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and 19,246
Co ....................... .....
Naval Bank Plmouth—i ... . ' '•e •
and
.. .
New ' Sanal %ilk, ..Sarumi.... ..1' ..........
Co ...... 12,078
Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co 2 3,575
Osweetry Bank and Oswestry ()Id Bank, Os.'
westrr—Croxon and Co ......................... . . 11,400
Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons,
-

3,631

23,000

and C 0.....
Old Bank Tonb4idge, Tonbridge and Toni; r* *
d**** * 28,929
Walla Old Bank, Tonbridgo and Tunbridge
Wells and Secenoski Bank, Tonbridge_
Beaching and -.
as...
Oxfordshire Witney Stink, Witney—Clin-01: 8,5"

9,833

and Co..._, - ............... .
Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Kull Old Bank and
Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 4)039
Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and C 0... , 11,298
Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter-
borough—Nrot‘rs. Yorke ............. ,
remorokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest--.T. and
W. Walters
Beading Bank, Beading—Simonds and Co 26,605
Reading Bank, Reading—Stechena,Blandy, and
C 0.............................. : ....... ............
Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co .. -:
Roethdala Bank, Rochdale--(dement, Royds,
KEW SeAl' ii-iand Co. ..................... - .1
. 5,091
t" t--4 14 lit°2 Balik' R°3ltCa""*Fl;i:Eara....;Zi . ~-.;n-;::. 10,817
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Average Amount
Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank Roches-
ter—Day and Nicholson 7,727
Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son 11,239
Rye Bank, Rye—Pomfret and Co.
Ross Gld Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard
and Allaway
Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron
Walden—Messrs. Gibson
Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and
Co
Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall
and Co 23,698
Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and
Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Bytons,
and Co . 36,651
Sittkigbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne
—Valiance and Son 3,672
Southampton Town and County Bank, South-
ampton—Maddison and Pearce 13,059
Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co.
Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp-
ton—Atherly and Fall . 4,318
Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore 4lO
Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co 9,257
Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton,
Cayley, and Co. .
Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and

Robins ,••
Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury
—Beck, Downward, and Co. 23,569
Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock 24,723
Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and
Co 13,376
Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and
Parslow
Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns-
ford and Barne 8,528
Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton-
shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland 11,560
Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But-
cher and Son
Towcester Old Bank, Towceater—J. and S
Percival
Town and County of Poole Bank, and Ring-
wood and Poole Bank Ledgard and
Sons' 9,415
Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and
Co. 11,161
Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith,
and Co.
Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Hedges & Co. 7,430
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. ... 46,480
Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap-
man, and Co 12,328
Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win-
chester—Bulpett and Co.
Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester
—Wickham and Co 6,977
Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bant-,
Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse
Wirkes worth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank,

Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co.
Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech—
Gurney and Co.
Wiveliscurnbe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W
Hancock 7,578
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good-
ricke and Holyoake.
Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley,Lavender,
and C 0.... 7,077
Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank,
Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 72,054
Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley
and Turner
Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and
Sons
Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster—
Everett and Co.
Wolverhamp ton Bank, Wolverhampton—
Messrs. Fryer
Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth
and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney,
Birkbeck, and Co.
Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great
Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 13,834
York Bank. York—Swarm, Clough, and Co 45,712

SPORTING NOTES.

Noe CCCXXXI.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE " WAIFS AND STRAYS,"
WITH THE PROBABLE WINNER.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Stu,—l have already dotted down all that has come
within range of my aural and optical senses with regard
to the heavy weights that I have thought worth report-
ing, therefore, I now proceed with the middle and light
weight division.
Grief is coming from Warwick to do something or
other, but not to win I take it. He is in capital condi-
tion at the present time.
Two starters will go from Saunders' stable, Hobbits
Noble—who is in excellent form, but considered a little
too heavily weighted—and Le Juif, who is in first-rate
fettle also, and not troubled with a burdensome weight,
The chance of the latter horse is not thought, however.
to be anything like so good for this race as it was for the
Cesarewitch; and in this particular I agree.
Mr. T. Parr seems pretty nearly as confident of taking
these stakes as he did those of the Cesare witch, and with
Weathergage too, Bardolph being of no account. I think
though, he will find himself mistaken this time, the
weight being, in my opinion, an effectual stopper. It
must be remembered that when ho won the Goodwood
Stakes, he only carried sst 61b. Ho afterwards ran
several races with but indifferent success, winning only
one (the Wolverhampton Stakes) out of five, carrying in
the losing races 6st 131 b, Bst 21b, 71b, and 7st 21b
respectively. He then won the Chatsworth Stakes at
Derby, carrying 7st slb, and the Innkeeper's Plate at
the same place (with Bst 31b up), beating a lot of rub-
bish; which last race cannot be considered any criterion
by which to judge. He has since won the Cesarewitch,
carrying 6st 111 b, and is now required to carry 7st 91b
—not to be done I calculate: he is, however, not to be
betted against recklessly, being a remarkably fine horse
The following description of him by a contemporary is
true to the letter. He is described as " a strong and
unusually compact horse; and from his large bone, strong
posteriors, and great muscular development in his arms
and thighs, would hardly look blood-like but for his fine
head; which, together with the neck, is well and grace-
fully set on. His shoulders are rather upright, but clean
and muscular ; he is deep in the brisket, has long back
ribs, short powerful bask, wide hips, quarters rather
short, but displaying great power, and well let down;
altogether giving indications of great strength. He has
fine sweeping action, and his height is fifteen hands, two
inches.

The High Sheriff is said to be Job Marson's horse:
he is in good condition, but cannot possess more than an
extreme outside chance.

Father Thames will represent John Day's stable, and
give them a chance of ,repeating their mysterious New-
market handicap move. He is all right; and at 6st 81b
cannot be overweighted. It must be born in mind that
he finished at Longbow's head in the race for the
Gratwicke stakes. _

Merryman's running, notwithstanding his light weight
(sst 131 b) for an aged horse, was so execrable, in the
race for the Cesarewitcb, that his trainer could not boast
of his being any other than the worst brae that started.
I presume his owner will not run Mel for the Cam-
bridgeshire.
Gladiola's winning of the A. F. Plate last week, at
6st 101 b was anything but a brilliant performance, as
Garforth, who was second, same age, was weighted
to give her 201bs ; and Father Thames, who finished
seventh, had to concede her the difference in age (two
years) and 41bs. I believe she does not run.
Billy Bar, who—though a four years' old—is handi-
capped to carry no more than sst 121 b, is said at New-
market to be of no use for this race, the distance being
a quarter of a mile too far, and the severity of the course
too great, for him.
John Scott's hopes are centred in Hyacinth. It is
evident to him that the steeple chaser, La Gazzi Ladra,
and the slow-paced Ammonia can have no dance of
victory in a race like this; and Kilquade, alias the Third
of May, is, at the best of times, but a very inferior
animal.

Alfred the Great is said to be no go.
Plot is fancied at head quarters ; they are afraid,
however, that the course will prove too severe for her.
The partizan's of Stevens' stable assert that they have
the winner in Azael ; while the admirers of Babette are
equally confident that they possess the lucky animal.
Betting men are, for the most part, fatalists; ad as
tho second and third horses in the Cesarewitch have
several times carried off the Cambridgeshire, they now
argae that the Knight of the Shire's chance is wonder-
fully increased tor the latter, by having run third in
the former race.

A select circleof the knowing ones fancy the race
will end in convulsions of laughter on their part, as the
adage has it, " let those laugh who win;" Major Mar-
tyr's son of Alarm being the elfish cause of their merri-
ment.

The field, as far as I can ascertain at the present mo-
ment, will consist of Lady Evelyn, Ephesus, Hobble
Noble, Hungerford, Grief, the Cutler, Weathergage, Lo
Juif, Lady Amyott, Kbadijah, Maaifold, Father Thames,
Evadne, Miss Fanny, Phlegra, Convulsion, Knight of
the Shire, Azael, Hyacinth, Ilex, Puritan, Plot, Radio 6 ,
Babette, Sanita, Braun, High Sheriff, Pancake, and Cor-
nelius. To which list may be added five or six of the
following doubtfuls:—Turnus, Glance, Kingston, Sir
Charles, Chief Bsron Nicholson, Hookem Snivey, Her-
bert, Bardolph, Kate, Koh-i-noor, Alfred the Great,
Billy Bar, Peacock, and Labra.
Taking every item of information I have received con-
cerning this race into due consideration, I have come to
the conclusion that the winner will be a three-year-old,
and, most probably, CONVULSION; Babette, although
the crack, being anything but attractive in my opinion.
I expect that those everlasting runners, Evadne and
Sanita, will perform more than creditably. Father
Thames and Azael will no doubt finish forward.—l am,
&c. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
October 21st.

SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH BETWEEN
SCOTLAND AND IRELAND.

The report of Captain Hawes, R.N., to the Secretary
of the Admiralty, with reference to the submarine tele-
graph between Portpatrick and Donaghadee, states,
that in pursuance of the directions of the Lords Com-
missioners that he should give the undertaki❑g all the
assistance in his power in laying down the cable—he
submitted to the parties when they came to Portpatrick,
that two steam vessels should be employed to submerge
the cable, sinking the bight in a deep gully, and in a
channel by which ease and success might attend the
operation. The parties having adopted another plan,
as soon as their arrangements were completed, Captain
Hawes states that he joined them at Donaghadee, and
notwithstanding some difficulties occurred, above fifteen
miles of the cable were successfully laid down, across the
Channel, from Donaghadee to the coast near Port-
patrick, in a good line, under favourable circumstances,
the insulation being perfect. In consequence of the re-
maining rope on board not being ready to pay out, the end
was dropped, and securely buoyed within a few miles of
the Scotch shore. He had urged on the parties the great
importance of immediately continuing the cable to the
shore before the bad weather set in, and, from the survey
he had made, was satisfied of the strength of the cable,
and that it may with perfect success be submerged across
the deep-water channel. The undertaking, it may be
mentioned, has remained in this position since August,
from inability, it is understood, on the part of the pro-
moters, to obtain the additional amount of cable required
from the manufacturers, who are so full of other orders
for submarine cables in connection with the continent,
which they are bound under contract, to complete first.
As some confusion exists upon this matter, it may be
stated that the second attempt mentioned as made this
month for a second line, between Portpatrick and
Donaghadee, when the cable is represented to have
slipped away into the sea, was made by a company
known as the Magneto Telegraph Company. The depth
in fathoms, according to the submarine chart of the
Channel, over the 21,1,:- miles between Portpatrick and
Donaghadee, it may bo interesting. beginning on the
Scotch coast, to state, is 9, 15, 37, 79; midway, from 84
to 110; and running up to the Irish coast, 73, 62, 24,
21, 8, the bed of tho Channel consisting of ooze, sand
and shingle.

PUBLIC INCOME AND ExPENDITORE.—A Parlia-
mentary paper, containing a statement of the public in-
come and expenditure of the United Kingdom, for three
years ended sth January, 1850, 1851, and 1852, has ap-
peared. It has been prepared on the motion of Mr. 'W.
Williams, and contains a mass of details on the subject
of the various sources of income and of expenditure'
The following are the totals :--Income for 1850.
57,647,392/.; torlBsl, 57,431,7964; for 1852, 56,834,7111
Expenditure for 1850, 55,480,656/. ; fur 1851
51,938,5341.; for 1852, 54,002,9951. Surplus of income
over expenditure, in 1850, 2,166,736/. ; in 1851,
2,493,2621.; in 1852, 2,831,7161. It is, mentioned in a note
that no part of the allowance charged on account of the
King of the Belgians is paid for the use of his Majesty.
After defraying certain annuities and pensions, the ba-
lance is repaid to the Exchequer. 36,000/, was so re-
paid last year.
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE'
.b
bishoprics'
pgrd
,
cos
—The committee of this society are preparing a report
of their operations daring the past year. Ono of the
most important features in the proceedings of the society
during the last few years has been the assistance which
it has rendered towards the endowment.t
began
of new bishoprics
workint b h e).c.oa grant lone
general fund. Between that year and 1851, grants
In
amounting to 8,0001. were made towards four colonia,
i s.
1 the
0 ,000 /. year
t o theB l 0
colonial it
erection of new
bishoprics. And in the past year the sum of
fivelo,ooo/1
has been contributed towards the
sees, namely, Sierra Leone, the Mauritius, Borneo, and
two bishoprics in the present diocese of . Cape Town.
This sum of 10,000/. voted for new bishoprics, since the
last annual report, makes a total of 28,0001. in aid of the
endowment of bishoprics in the colonies.
BOROUGH OF KNARESBOROUGH.—It will be recol-
lce that at the late election a triple return was made
for Knaresborough—a circumstance which will render
necessary a new election after the assembling of Parlia-
ment. The consequence of this state of things is, that
during the Parliamentary revision held on Saturday last,
before 11. W. West, Esq., a considerable degree of in-
terest presaged. Tt e result was that 23 new votes were
placed on the register; but such is the peculiarly un-
stable character of Knaresborough " free and indepen-
dent electors," that it is difficult to say to which party
thsy ought to be allotted, bat each claims a majority of
them. Deaths and removals, have done really nothing to
alter the relative position of parties as registered in tho
last poll book, and the present revision has dote nothing
in the way of advantage for the forthcoming contest.
It is certain, if a new election takes place, that Mr. West-
head, Mr. Dent, and Mr. Wood (who were all returned
by an equal number of nt.'s at the general election),
will again he candidates; and there is no doubt that,
whoever may zucceed, the contest will be 3 close and
genre 07.-e,