The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-29 00:00:00

question.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

BIRMINGHAM—THURSDAY.
There was a less supply of English wheat to-day, aka
the turn in price was in savour of the seller; but we
no alteration in our quotations. Barley unaltered. ",.
and beans were rather ad` anted in price. Peas ruled ur,e6l;
—English wheat was sold at 40s to 46s for white, all„,, ut
to 43s per 36 stone for red. Barley, new malting, °°3o:
38s per qr ; grinding, 24s to 28s Oats
, old, 229 to
r.
er 30 stone; Irish, 18s to 245. Beans, 34s to 40s Per
qg
MlO.

BURTON% ON. TR EN T—Tiirßs n 4r.
436
Old white wheat.. 423 to 45s I old red wheat, 398 to
408
New do. . 41s to 45s I New do. 368 t° ass
Malting barley....32s to 36s I Oats. 19i t° 70,3
Grinding d0.....27s to 30s I Beans 36s to •;

MANCHESTER—THURSDAY.
A very slender attendance at our market to-dais to.
English wheat met with a limited sale, at previous 9d.
tations. Flour less pressed for sale, with a slow dertatt
Oats and oatmeal were in better request, and prices ra,ll'.i'a
in favour of sellers. English beans 6d per quarter higll,l(
value, and Egyptian were firm. Indian corn unaltered.

BRISTOL—THURSDAY.
at
English wheat in moderate supply this morning, an d ot
about the currency a this day week. Other Brach:sa
materially altered.

EDINBURGH GRAIN—APRIL 27.
Met $
To-day there was a fair supply of grain, which
slow sale at about last week's prices.
Wheat on the top Is Od up average is 3d 111):‘,0.
Barley on the top is 6d down average Os 6d do
Oats on the top Us 6d up ... average Os 7d deo,
Beans on the top Cs 6d do wn, average Os 7cl
Average Prices.
21s o3aWheu.' ..
Barley... 3os 10d I Beans ..

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Total Supply and Sales.
Wheat........ 889 qrs Sold 585 qrs
8ar1ey...,..... 637 qrs Sold 417 qrs
Oats
Beans 322 qrs Sold 222 cirS
Flour sells as follows :—C2ites, 3930 d ; extras, 37s 151'
superfine, 35s Od ; fine, 33s Od.

THE BATTLE OF LEwEs.—A committee of the
Inhabitants of Lewes has been organised to adopt I:00311u%
for celebrating the 600th anniversary of the bottle
at Lewes in 1261 between Henry 111, and the baronop
resulted in the triumph of constitutional liberty andtiat,
permanent establishment of representative governor at
The volunteers of the district will be invited to a dinner

the Comity Hall on May 14.
hiWO
1
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—Consumption, all nervous,
liver, and stemach complaints, in every stage, are 01111
gravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, '0
perfectly curable by Du Barry's health restoring SePRI
gRd
Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which
been considered hopeless. We quote a few.—Cure No. 62,:.
Miss Lange, 18 years of age, cured after the medical wen Oot
abandoned all hopes of her recovery from the last stage 0.
pulmonary consumption, with fearful cough, exPectorateio
exhaustion, spitting of blood, perspirations, hollow tiy
emaciated to a skeleton. She is now, thank God, a perice
healthy, blooming, fleshy girl.—N. Lange, Commisitireley,
Police. Cure, No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, of Fral,,.ver
surrey, of thirty yearn'di,eafied lungs. spitting of blood,'loo
derangement. and partial deafness.—Cure, So. 47,121. 2" 04
Elizabeth Jacobi, of extreme nervousness, indigestiii°o,
gatherings, low spirits, and nervous faiscies.—Chre'
_
54,816. the Rev. James T. CamisbelL Fakenhana, Npric ci
of indigestion and torpidity of the liver, which had resin 71,
all medical reatment. In tins, 11b, 25 9d; 21b, 45 6cl; 5.7,
lls; 121 b, 228; 241 b, 40s. Barry du Barry and Co., lq°,; Rll
ttegent-street, London ; also Fortnum and Mason; 3117,00.
grocers and chemists in every town of the United Wag'

Births. A't',
DALRYMPLE.—On the 27th inst.,at Elliston, St. &O
N 8., the Hon. Mrs. Dalrymple, of a son.
A tst
Fox.—On the 28th inst.,
, at the Vicarage, Romforvi
wife of the Hey. E. Fox
of a daughter.
iv
ice- of
STEWARD—On the 27th inst., at Southeca, the
the wife of Leader C. Stevenson,t 1161/ -
eCaarpateaningoE. H. Steward, ILE., of a son.
catlc-
STEVENSON.—On the 27th inst.. at 46, Upper IlYcle-'Ol a
daughter.
Marriages.
CLERK—BRAtsToN.—On the 28th inst., at Saint rau,ll,''':
Knighishridge, Major Edward Cl,rk, fifth son of ' a
Ritriat Hon. Sir George Clerk, Bart., of Penicnick 111,
N. 8., to Emma Alice, the youngest daughter of 1'
Bramston, Esq., M.P., of Skreens, Eases,
powERscoCTILT—COKE.—On the 26th inst., at St.Georgue;gie:
Hanover-square, Viscount Powerscourt, to LadY
J
Coke, eldest daughter of the Earl of Leicester.

ATKiNSO's, Deaths.
—On the 26th inst , at Doncast,,r, Gilliam
Atkinson, Esq of 18a, Northampton
aged 5)."
COtintu.E.
CRIL'WSUAL—On the 26th inst , Alfred Craws!laY, fill!
pton-park, CanonbL"'
n: -Danl.-park, Brecknockshire, late Captain 17t12
_ 'erg, aged 41. wecbridge,
—On the 27th inst., suddenly, at •• (IA
Mrs. Conybeare, widow of te late Dean of 1,10
aged 73,
Streatham, Ja.q ,
XERH SAW.—On the 27th insti ,at the Manor ilousef
aged 68
IV
SIIUTTLEORTIL mes
—On theKershaw, 26thsi inst.,AL at his resid_ot
Wilton Polygon, Cheetham-hill, near lganchester, um
Shuttleworth, Esq., J.P., aged 76. T3ishPs
WINTER.—On the 26th inst ,at Watts House, —O,l 47.
Lydiard, Somersetshire, Charles Winter, Esq., ag
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BRANDY.
oThls celebrated Old Hasa WHISKY rivals the finest
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Observe flle Red Seal, pink Label, and Cork branded
Inahan' a LL Whisky,

FIR PROVINCIAL BANKING CORPO-
r
RATION (Limited).
Qttablished under the Companies Act e,f 1852, with Limited
:apif
.31, Liability.
(;2,0'0,000
, in 40,000 shareP, of £5O. First issue,
!en Thousand
shares, with power to in crease to £4,000,0 0
Shares have already, Inen subscribed for. The
u!nositremaining Ten Thousand ay?, eirered to the pub lc.
£1 per Share on application ; Li on allotment.
‘4lllB not to exceed £5 at intijirvats of not less them. three

miJnos.
rt is not intended to call u' mcre than '5 per share, and
Fuld no al otment be r4ad de, the deposit will be returned
t.

DIRECTORS.
'll.l_es Goodson, Esq., Chairman of the Great Eastern Rail-
i-,T7 Company, and Director of the Guardian Assurance
Fleming,ompany
Esq M.P., 10, Lancaster- gate, Hyde-park.
Yolroyo Eso.; Director of the Mercantile Credit Asso-
ciation, and 'LorAhon, Chatham, and Dover Railway Corn-
Tabor, Esq., Bishopsgate-street, Director of the Impe-
rial pank, an British and Califfffnian Banking Company.
Cocq, Esq., 75, Invernesre-terrace (late C. H. R. Cocq
';.u. Co., Tutworin, Madras Presidency).
.narew Walls, Esq. (of Lloyd:13), Leadenhall-street.
hu Ilickie Esq. (Hickie, r‘iorMan, and Co.), Leadenhall-
street,
Directer of the London, Buenos Ayres, and River
Plate River.
Ipxander Thurburn., F,sq. (late Joyce, Thu' burn, and Co.,
Alexandria and London), Director of the South Wales
Railway.
!Insley
110 Nixon FJsq , Queen's-gate-gardens, Director of the
rae and Ccl,mial Assurance Company.
Ightly Simpson, Esq.,Director of the London and Lanca-
shire
T-----nsura'ace and of the Great Eastern Railway Com-
Panics.
W. Holland., Esq., 'Forest-hill, Director of the Financial
Corporation •
G. Van-44,er Byl, Esq. 3, Upper Hyde-park-gardens,
Director 'of the English' and Scottish Marine Insuran.e
compan, ,
inhard Esq., Ladbroke-square, Director of the
Great -Western Railway Company.

BANKERS.
Imperial Bank (Limited), Lothbury.
SOLICITORS.

Messrs. Harrison anti Lewis,24, Old-Jewry.
BROKER.
Messrs. Towgood nnd Strachan,S 33. Throgmorton-street,
London ; Horsfall and Penny, LiverpooL
AUDITORS.
Unuel Barrow, Esq., Ironmongier•lane, E.C. (Barrow and
Gates' Public Accountant
""r Smallileld, Esq., DQ nate-hill-Chambers, Public Ac-
CO tent.

T2MPORARY OFFICES.
21, Old-jewry, E.C.

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This A PROS.
„ `oroPrAny is establishedPECTUS for the purpose of acquiring
to b
ta• szoesi and connections of ex sting provincial Bank-
•
F-stablishments ard of carrying* on, generally, the opera.
irs of Country Bankirig, on the Joint-Stock pri ciple.
Treaties are now pending. for the purchase of some private
Vscountry establishments, which will form the
Vs of a large and flourishing bank ; and, for that purpose,
rtil(Twers for the Mere Ise of capital have been taken in the
It i:s 0:1 Asso baton.
, 13'4 proposed to do any banking business in London ;
it 1
'addition to acquirin“. the goodwill and business con-
et,-
eas of ex stn.* banks, i is intended to open brannhes
pp
°vin‘ ial cities'and towns where, owing to the increase
fi
.-ealth and population, a satisfactory business can be
shed
The The
inks in
amalgamation 'of tw , of the largest private
bA in London with jot t stock establishme ts, blowing
iv't combinations of a similar nature, and the continuous
4loce in the p. ice of banking shares generally, afford con-
ceive evidence of the advantages of the principle of joint-
IfIt• association in banking business.
imitle system of banking carricd on by public companies is
tie establishments
to be so advantag-eous in London, where the pri-
brablishments are generally large and wealthy, it can-
it
[teabl a matter of doubt that the principle is gal more.ap •
rivat e to the country, where the resources and credit of
ade je„ll4.lroa are much more limited. The increase, also, of
ley
b;,,,_Le Country genera ly has crea ed a demand for fur-
)ll -1,--"L_suag accommodation, while it is only in the metro-
ryes been the requirements of the mercantile community
1,11 7n adequately considered,
,hares of the three Banks in London constituted for
• . •
obieo I s are now quoted as follows, viz. :
Paid. Present Prices.
The National Provincial ........ 412 .. 444
The London and County ..... 20 .• 65
The Provincial Bank if Ireland.. 25 .• 93
ii 5114 further illustration of he profitable character of the
,A.Tss of the forty-one Joint-stock Banks established dur-
Rele past three years, it will be found on inspection of the
~_ al fist that, out of that number, the shares of all but
vc are saleable at a considerable advance on their paid-up
Prospectuses
and forms of application for shares mayth be
) e
..,a,ined at the Temporary Office of the Company, or of
tyers or Sol eitors. The Articles of Association may be
li.ic
at the Office of the Solicitors.

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FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Directors of the Provincial Banking Corporation
Gentlemen,--Having p(Limited).
I
rov• i request you will al!ot me
aid into your Bankers the sum of
shares in the
mc 41 Banking Corporation (Limited), and I he eby
;tee to accept the same or any less number that may be
eotted to me, and to pay the deposit and calls in respect of
7 shares so •llotted when due ; and I authorise you to place
name on the Register of em 3I bers for the number of
Lams alLttcd.

I am, Gentlemen.
Your obedient E ervant,
..
Name in full
Profession or occupation .•
..
Address ..................
..
Date ........................... . •
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REDUCTION OF FIRE INSURANCE DUTY.
THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY is
now prepared to receive proposals and to issue PoHetes
immediately up+m all Stock in Trade, Trade Fixtures and
Utensils, Machinery, and ilant, giving the Fame the benefit
of the reduction of duty to Is. 6d. per cent. from 25th June
next, as now sanctioned by the House of Commons.
PERCY M. DOVE, Manager.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London.
29, Lombard-street, London, E.C. April 22, 1564.