The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-30 00:00:00

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

9,172
Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal -----
Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley
Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 48,908
Bilston District Banking Company, •
Wolver-
hampton
Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven
Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad-
ford ......... 20,649
Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union
Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent
Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking
Company, Chesterfield
Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work-
ington . _
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Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com-
pany, Cheltenham
Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company

. .. ..
Coventry
02,240
Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry.. 13,360
County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel- __ _

teniiam

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96,929

Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company

Carlisle .

21,741

Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 19,259
Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company,
Dudley
Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 19,215
Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com-
_

pang, _•, Darlington . 13,115
,d -

East of England Bank, Norwich
Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 128,677
Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax
Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 37,074
Hull Banking Company, Hull 23,185
Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Ha-
lifax
Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com-
pany, Halifax
Helston Bankinc, Company, Helston 1,497
Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 14,761
Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company,
Knaresborough 23,914
Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 2,743
Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster „ 48,862
Leeds Banking Company, Leeds
Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester
Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 46,690
Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking
Company, Leamington Priors
Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 8,204
Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank-
ing Company, Nottingham 27,123
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking
Company, Nottingham
Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint-
Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 1,250
National Provincial Bank of England, Birm4ng-
ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street,
London
North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 40,923
Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 63,107
Northamptonshire Banking Company, North-
ampton
North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 25,874
Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Lei-

tester
43,193
Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 2296
Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 34,465
Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com-
pany,ckeCompany, Bristol ,Stn
Somerset-
shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang-
portStus Banking
49,951
g
299,307
Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall ...
Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com-
pany, Stourbridge
Sheffield and ilallamshire Banking Company,
Sheffield

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21,860

Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking
Company, Sheffield
Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company,
Richmond .. .
Storey and Thomas's Banking Company
Shaftesbury
Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking
Com-
pany, 'Wolverhampton 34,495
Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 12,532
Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company,
Whitehaven
and. Leumirgtou Banking Company,
Warwick •
West of Engirt-4. ................"..........."
23,828
Warwick ...
and South Wales •District Bank. Bristol .
. 61,488
Wilts and Dorset Banking name
West Ridi.ng Union Ba k' Com'
-----' ' 30,422
n nig Company,
Salisbury 72,712
~....!.... Company,....
......
Whitchurch and Ellesmere 13aaking
dersfield .. Hud-
............... ...
Whitchurch ............... Company,
Banking 2,240
Worcester City and County
Worcester
.3,215
York Union Banking Comany, York._
,PlianeyiisLtreaerd3o f ...... - '
York City and County Banking Company., York '851'992856
p, DEANS,
House
....... 125,243
Returns.
24, 1852.
Yoirnklashnidreßßepvaenue,,
Jan.

FLOGGING YOUNG CULPRITS.
—The
certain Secre-
tary and Lord Advocate have approved of
tions necessary to the working of the recent Prisons' Amend-
ment ment Act, by which magistrates will now be enabled to in-
flict flogging as a punishment upon young culprits. d.pair
of taws are to be provided , to the satisfaction of the sheriffm
and the punishment is not to exceed thirty-six lashes. n,,,;
:°gging is to take place in the prison at the sight of the
, geon; and the age at which young culprits, and those
only of the male sex, may be whipped is limited to fourteen. 7
—North British Mail.
A NEW , DODGE."—Two tramps, named William
John Fletcher. Jarvis and
obtaining ss. cher. on Saturday last, succeeded in
of Brown's Green, by false pretences from Mr. Robert Anians,
They went into nii in
the parish of Dymock, in this county.
spectors of weight:*
and
shop, and pretended to be in-
was in their debt to the measures, and represented that he
them. The police weer:mount of ss. 61, which was paid to
stance, and were soon on afterwards informed of the circum-
and eventually succeeded in e track of the pseudo-inspectors,
house, at Newent. Or, IlonadPaPrehending them at a lodging-
magistrate, R. F. Onslow, Esq., they were taken before the
nesday, when they were committed foe
remanded until Wed-
quarter sessions.— Gloucester jourtnedatfor trial at the next
THE CONVEYANCE OF EmiGft4N
from returns to the House of Commons, published on - -v
s.--It appears
Wed-
nesday, that in live years the expense
to ports of departure was 8,6341. 14s. 4d of conveyance
pense of sending emigrants from London (1., and the ex-
-021. la. 6d. to Plymouth yrus

LONDON,

GREAT REFORM MEETING.

On Tuesday evening a numerously attended meet-
ing of the inhabitants of Edinburgh was held in the
Music-hall, to consider the subject of Parliamentary
Reform. The chair was occupied by the Lord Pro-
vost, and amongst those present were—Mr. Cowan,
M.P., Mr. J. F. Macfarlan, Mr. J. H. Burton, advo-
cate; Mr. W. Duncan, S.S.C. ; Mr. W. Tait, and
other influential citizens.

The LORD PROVOST, in opening the business of
the meeting, said it had not been got up either to
support or oppose the present Government, but simply
to give the inhabitants an opportunity of expressing
their views on the great question of reform. The
first resolution to be submitted to them proposed
that all who paid local taxes should be entitled to
vote for Members of Parliament. The second pro-
posed that all small burgh constituencies should be
extinguished, and the Members given to large towns,
Scotland getting a fair share in the division. The
third resolution proposed that the 40s. freehold
should be extended to Scotland, and that all fictitious
votes in counties should be extinguished by requiring
residence and infeftment. The fourth resolution
proposed that the list of tax-payers taken from
the local rate-books should be transferred to
the register of voters, without the necessity for
any claims being given in, and that the fee of 2s. 6d.
now charged in Scotland, which deters so many
voters from registering, should be abolished. The
last resolution declared for the ballot, triennial Par-
liament., and the abolition of the property qualifica-
tion which now exists for Members of Parliament in
England and Ireland. His Lordship, after enforcing
at some length the propriety of adopting this scheme
of reform, which, he said, was substantially the same
as that agreed to at Manchester, but modified so as to
be applicable to Scotland, called upon
Mr. J. F. MACFARLAN, who moved the following
resolution :

" That provision should be made for a large eaten-.
sion of the constituency, which in England and Ireland
should take place by conferring the franchise on all
persons chargeable with the poor-rate; and in Scotland
(where the poor-rate does not universally apply) by
conferring the franchise on all persons who are charge-
able with any general local rate, such as an assessment
for the support of the poor, for prisons, or for police
purposes; and, in the event of there being any burgh or
district in which no such rate is now levied, that in such
oases the franchise should be conferred on all persons
who would be chargeable with any such rate if it were
levied."

In supporting the resolution Mr. Macfarlan stated,
that 880 parishes or combinations for support of the
poor in Scotland, in no less than 226 the principle of
voluntary contributions existed ; but no difficulty
would be found in these cases in finding a mode of
enfranchisement similar to that employed where
rating for the poor prevailed. He then went into a
variety of arguments to show the necessity of lower-
ing the franchise, and thereby adding to the number
of the constituent body.
Mr. M'Caep seconded the motion.

An amendment was proposed by Dr. GLovElin a
Chartist, in favour of universal suffrage, but only
thirty or forty hands were held up in its favour, and
the original resolution was carried by an overwhelm-
ing majority.
Mr. J. H. BURTON, advocate, moved the following
resolution :

" That provision should be made for the extinction
of all small burgh constituencies, either by such an
amalgamation of burghs as would form a united consti-
tuency of not fewer than 5,000 electors in each group, or
by merging the voters for small burghs in the constitu-
encies of the counties in which such burghs are seve-
rally situated; that the right to elect members no longer
required to be returned for small burghs should be
transferred, either to towns which have acquired a large
population since the passing of the last Reform Act, or to
burghs which have so much increased in population since
the passing of that Act as to be now inadequately re-
presented; and that in any re-arrangement of members,
Scotland should have an equal proportion with England,
having regard to the population of each division of the
United Kingdom, and to the net amount of revenue con-
tributed by each for national purposes."
The resolution was seconded by Mr. DURHAM, and •
carried unanimously.
Mr. F. RUSSELL, advocate, moved—
" That provision should be made for the establishment
of the 406. freehold franchise in counties throughout the
whole of the United Kingdom; that all real property
held by any other tenure than as freehold should give
the same right to the franchise as freehold property; and
that in Scotland provision should be made to prevent all
merely nominal owners from being registered as electors
by requiring all claimants to make up their titles in the
most complete manner, by infeftment or otherwise; and
that a residence of not less than three months yearly
should be required within the county is which the pro-
perty is situated."
Mr. W. DUNCAN, S.S.C., seconded the resolution,
which was adopted unanimously.
Resolutions in favour of an improved system of
registration and the ballot were then agreed to ; and,
after a few words from Mr. Cowan, M.P., a vote of
thanks was given to the Lord Provost, and the meet-
ing separated.

INVASION OF ENGLAND.-NATIONAL
DEFEACES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sixt,—Under a similar title to the above the Times
of to-day has en article well calculated to frighten all
the old ladies of both sexes in the Queen's dominions,
and I believe it was so intended, that the lieges, being
thoroughly alarmed, may, without grumbling, con-
sent to an increase of the army estimates. That
there are some old ladies in the House of Commons,
who will be alarmed to the heart's content of the
Times' writer, I verily believe. And lest your readers
participate in this senseless feeling, I hope you will
allow an old officer, who served during all the active
period of the late war, and saw a goad deal of French
naval tactics, to tell them why there really is no
cause for alarm. In the first place, Sir, allowing
that the Ruler of the French should collect the
vast army the Times names—say 151,800 soldiers--
opposite the coast of England, I think we not only
possess wooden walls enough to keep them out of
England, but we have intelligence enough at the Ad-
miralty to direct that force so as to "confound their
politics and make them fall " And I hope the follow-
ing simple ideas, struck off at the moment, may prove
that, if required, the tars of Old England will con-
tinue to make Old England's colours fly.
It is presumed that a large part of the intended in-
vading force shall sail from the port of Cherbourg,
and others from Brest and other Channel ports. They
are none of them to come from a distance—of course
Johnny Crapaud will be too wise for that. Well, we
have got the Channel only to guard therefore ; and
that, mark Sir, only in fine weather—a most im-
portant fact, which the editor of the Times loses sight
of, for reasons best known to himself. A large fleet,
with numerous transports, and conveying some 70,000
troops, with all their necessary material, will never
attempt to venture to sea in a gale of wind.
It is clear, therefore, that when the weather allows
that fleet to put to sea, intending to land that vast
army on the shores of an enemy, it will also permit
our ships to be in mid-channel to intercept them and
give them a warm reception. The plan I should
suggest to do that to most advantage is, to have, of
course, plenty of men-of-war in all our channel ports
ready to put to sea at a moment's warning ; but not
by any means to rely on them only for the, destruction
of the invading fleet. No • I contend that we should
have spread over the whole channel, for a space of
200 miles, at an interval of only ten miles from each
station, a series of large and powerful war steam-
ships, cruizing in couples; that is, twenty couples of
large war steamers, at a. distance of only ten miles
asunder, or between each two. This would require
only forty war steamers, as our advanced guard, out
in all weathers when it were possible for the enemy
to leave his ports. Each of these couples of large
fighting ships I would have accompanied by three
small steamers, not fitted for fighting at
all, but planned to contain vast quantities
of combustibles, and to be employed as steam fire-
ships. Along this cordon of steamers a signal of
" the enemy" would pass in half an hour from one
extremity to the other.
Let us then suppose the enemy seen by those of
the cordon stationed off Cherbourg to weigh anchor.
In one hour the five vessels stationed to the east, and
the five to the west, would have joined the five off
Cherbourg. In one more hour the next five on each
side would have steamed twenty miles and joined
them ; and, at the end of three hours from the first
signal of alarm, there would be ten more assembled,
or, in all, the whole stationed at seven stations, viz.,
fourteen large war steamers and twenty-one steam
fire-ships ; and these, at the end of the fourth hour,
would be joined by ten others. Why, the whole of
the enemy's transports would be in a blaze by this
time ; his large steamers and other ships crowded
with troops, as the Times describes, would be swept
with grape, and, as I once witnessed myself, bags
containing 500 musket balls each would be discharged
M Among these living masses, of whom few would sur-
vive to tell the tale. The battle might rage for an hour
longer, and then up would come ten other vessels,
with the broad flag of England flying, and fresh and
eager for the work ; and if there were any of the
enemy who had not found their way down to where
the elastic cable lies, at the end of six hours from the
time they started, why another batch of ten fresh
ships would have reached the scene to help them
there. The whole English force collected being by
that time, ere the transports could be half-channel
over, not less than 65 vessels, viz., 26 large war
steamers and 39 fire-ships. When it happens, Sir, I
hope the editor of the Times may be there to give a
faithful report for the amusement of the frightened old
ladies of England ; for I am sure by that time none
Paper if he go on erecting bug-
have, I hope, knocked on the head.
boethaersrs of will
tilhlerekaidn kind
l
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
H. J. MORRISON, Lieut. R.N.
London, Jan, 23) 1852.