The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-18 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS,

Tha following-are the only bankrupts of commercial
portance in the Gazette :
Alfred Baker, merchant, Birmingham
Israel Bullen, butcher, King's Lynn
John F. Johnson, cabinet maker, Finsbury
George Cooke, shoe manufacturer, Northampton

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Henry. William Butler, manufacturer, Murton
Henry Collins, land agent, Gower-street
William Hodson, grocer, Rotherham
SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
John M'Dowall and Sons, engineers, Johnstone
James M'Call, bedding and iron bedstead manufacturer,
Edinburgh.
William Gowans, innkeeper, Hamilton, deoeased

COURSE OF EXCHANGE-Last Evening.

Amsterdam Short. 11 16
Ditto 3 Months. 11 19
Rotterdam
Antwerp — 25 47
Brussels
Hamburg
Paris Short 25 20
Ditto 3 Months. 25 45
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine 1201
Vienna — 11 471
Trieste — 11 47f
Petersburgh
Berlin

11 17
11 19/
11 19
25 52/
25 55
13 9
25 27/
25 50
25 50
120 i
11 52/
11 52/
31+

Madrid 47:i
Cadiz - 4747 47
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples — 25 57 25 62
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon — 511 51
Oporto — 511 511
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standar) per oz. ... a 17 9

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week.

Eallwaya.

=es Opened. Receipts.
1865.

1864.

1865. 1864.
£ Z
1,964 1.764
805 709
2,195 1,572
5,582 5,503
17,7:0 16,673
1.847 1.278
355 328
128 115

Belfast and N, Counties l3B 135
Belfast and Comity Down
Blyth and Tyne . 2B 28
Bristol and Exeter 1214 1211
Caledonian 2814 £621
Cambrian 9l 84
Cork and Bandon 2O 20
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 61
Cork and Youghal . 324 324
Cornwall 651 651
Deeside l7 17
Dublin & BellastJunction 63 63
Dublin and Drogheda 75 75
Dublin and Aleath
Dub. & Wicklow and Wexld 914 911
Furness, &c 5O 5.
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eas tern.Nrfk.,&E. Union
Great Northern 3il 353
Great North of Scotland 9l 99
tit. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7li 714
it.Soutim. & Westn.(lrind.) 3871 3731
Great Western 122.) I]B
Inverness & Aberdeen June ll7l 1171
Inverness & Perth Junction 1191 1194
Irish North-Western 145 145
Kent Coast 27 27
Lancashire& Yorkshire 4J3 402
Limerick and Ennis... 241 241
Limerick and Foynes 264 20/
Llanelly 461 464
Llynvi Valley
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall 5l 51
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2Ol 2614
London, Chatham, & Dover 721 224
Do. Metropolitan Extension 111 104
nau.,Slieffield,&Lincolnsh
Manch. S.J un.& Altrincham 9i 95
Maryport and Carlisle 2B 28
Metropolitan
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6635 611
Midland Gt. Wes tn. of hind 262 2594
Monkland 714 714
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and Stock. & Darl 1029 1093
North London 9 9
North Staffordshire 254 251
Rhymney l9l 191
Scottish Central
Scottish North-Eastern . . 138 138
Somerset and Dorset 66 66
South Devon
South-Eastern 3OB 306
Taff Vale 57 57
Ulster
Vale of Clwyd . 1054
10 10 1051
Vale of Neath 431 431
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31
Waterford and Limerick 77 77
West Cornwall 274 274
W. IlaTtlepool II arbr. & Rai 1 524 521
W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO 10
Whitehaven Junction l3 13
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Austrian
Bahia and San Francisco
Belgian Eastern J unction 264 26
Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 1854 185
Central Italy lB3 167
Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 185
Dutch Rhenish lOBl 1(81
Eastern of France
Eastern Bengal llO 110
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1335 18 581
Great Central of Belgium 295 272 t 952
Great Indian Peninsula s'3 553 20,516
Great Luxembourg 134 179 4,533 Great Southern of India
Great Western of Canada 345 315 6,383
Madras
Madrid, Saragossa StAiicant.. 681 650 19,516 Northern of Canada .. • 94 91 1,314
Northern of France ... 697 697 52,868
Norwegian Trunk .......... 44 44 729
Ottoman ... ..... . ........... 481 481 439
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn.... 1967 1781 124,138
Paris and Orleans 1616 1611 68.303
Pernambuco 774 , 774 3,256
Sclnde lO5 305 2,545
Do. Punjab, &e , 34 . • , 33 217
South Austrian, &c
Southern of France
Viotoria
Welland .. 125662215317 1715229.3607
!60:7_75903
931 39,734
W. & N- Wes tn of France.... 1011

407
1,499 Lit 2

299 242
1,250 1,3)
1,178 1,317
260 208
1,979 1,7%
2,99 t 3,9.2
9,263 8,593
30,006 27,617
33,610 30,413
2,746 2.503
445 490
6;98 6,8,7
68,864 56,608
1,063 905
1,259 948
3,632 1,677
520 500
37,260 36,398
165 144
144 333
591 684
378 393
99,911 93,601
1,746 1,666
20, 83 16.740
15,168 14,035
4,621• 3,918
1,675 930
17,584 17, 71
1,277 1,194
1,351 1,338
2,462 1,960
44,789 42,602
4,676 4,690
1,576 1,535
2,707 2,505

21,1.0 18,704
5#,329 61,069
3,277 2,987
8,084 8,213
1,075 911
8,893 6,184
5,050 I.; 32

46 -55
3.5!9 3,252
17,552 15,371
6,191 5,724
2,519 2,347
IGJ 140
2,784 2, 04
358 332
1,214 1,269
740 759
4,383 3,976
6 0 742
888 924
7.8 930

31,374 30,277
703 -

- -
4,462 3,091

4,838 4,506
5,057 3,9v2
60,128 4938
2,2 6 1,6 9

16,483
4,b86
10,469
4.263
592
14,825
8.960
18, v:is
1,654
4P,815
1,021

284
10,880
59,9n7
1,134
2.!4•1

3 c 3
92,773
19,901

36,904

STOPPAGE OF THE BIRMINGHAM PENNY BANK.—.
We have to make an announcement this morning
which will be road with sorrow by every inhabitant of Bir-
mingham, and which will undoubtedly bring grief and
dis-
appointment into the homes of some of the most deserving,
honest, frugal, provident, and industrious of the poorer
portion of the population of this great town. We refer to
the failure of the Birmingham Penny Bank, an institution
to which the poor have been in the habit of resorting with
their small savings for the last 15 years. In the outset,
however, it is right to say, in order to prevent needless
alarm, that the depositors will probably not suffer severely,
if at all, in the end, as we believe the trustees of the bank
are responsible to the full extent of their property for the
amount deposited with them. The Birmingham Penny
Bank was established in 1851, and its business has been
carried on in Union-passage, neaeßull-street. Deposit,
were made in very small sums, varying in amount from Id.
upwards. There aro now 14,000 or 15,000 depositors, and
the amount due to, them is between £5,000 and £6,000. A.
panic was caused this week by the failure of Messrs. Att-
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woods, Spooner, and Marshall's, and there has been a
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is "locked up," being invested in landed and other pro-
perty, and there were not available funds to meet the sud-
den demands of the depositors. Notice has been given for
the withdrawal of £1,200 this day (Thursday), whereas the
stem ordinarily withdrawn in a day does not exceed £5O.
If the money of the depositors has been properly dealt with
—and we have no information to the contrary—and if the
property can now be advantageously disposed of, a divi-
dend of 20s. in the pound ought to be realised. Then, as
has been previously intimated, we understand, as we are at
present informed, the trustees are responsible to the full
extent of their private property for the deficiency.—Bir-
mingham Gazette.
THE EDMUNDS COMMITTEE.—This committee met
yesterday at twelve o'clock. Their lordships were all pre-
sent. 'His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was among
the peers, not members of the committee, who were pre-
sent.