The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-25 00:00:00

BANE RETURNS.

(From tfle 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 and
Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur-
day, the 12th day of March, 1853 : Average
PRIVATE BANKS. Amount.
Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co.
Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 10,925
Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—G. and T. Copeman 4,249
Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt 24,985
Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade
Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogge, and Co 24,273
Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co 9,889
Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke—
Seymour, Lamb, and Co.
Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons 35,125
Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker,
and Co
Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford
Bank, Bicester—H. M. and G. Tubb 13,878
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham ----Attwoods,
Spooner, and Co 23,459
Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir-
minghani—J. L. Moilliet and &ins 10,288
Blandford Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co. 7,170
Boston Bank,' Boston—Garfit and Co 56,620
Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T. Gee and Co 13,238
Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and J. L
Sealey
Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles Miles and C 0...
Brdseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and
Broseley Bank, Broseley—Pritchards, Boy-,
• cott, and Co.
Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Par-
rott, and Co.
Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and
Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds—
, Oakes, Bevan, and Co.
Banbury Bank, Banbury Gillet, Tawney,
and Co.
Banbury Old Bank, BanburY—Cobb and Son
Bath City Bank, Bath— G. Moger and Son
Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton
Buzzard—Bassett, Grant,,and Co
Birmingham Bank,, Birmingham—Taylor and
Lloyds
Bradford Old Bank, 'Bradford, Yorkshire H
A. and W. M. Harris and Co.
Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co
Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West,
'and Borrer
Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington—
Harding, Smith, and Co
Bury St. Edmfinds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds—
J. Worlledge
Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock & Co
Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam-
bridge—Messrs. Fosters
Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and
Co
Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—David Morris
and Sons
C'hertsey Bank, Chertsey--La poste and Son
Colchester Bank; Colchester--Round & Green
Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and
Essex Bank, and Hadleigh; Suffolk, Bank,
Colchester—Mills, Bawtree, and Co
Comigh,Bank, Truro-L--Tweedy and Co
Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little '& Woodcock
City Bank; Exeter—Milford and Co.
Craven Bank; Settle—Alcocks, Birkbeeks, and
Co
Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co
Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon-
' mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon
Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank,
Chepstow—Bromage, 'Snead,. and Co
Derby Bank,. Derby—W. and S. Evans & Co
Derby, Bank, Derby-----Samuel Smith and Co
Derby Old. Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak
Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co
Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke
and Co
Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co
Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster.
—Cooke and CO -
Darlington Bank,.Durham Bank, and Stockton
on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse & Co
Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Co
Dorchester Old Bank and l)orsetshire Bank,
Dorchester—R. and H. Williams
East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robiris, Fos-
ter, and Co , 101,964
East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and Co 49,601
Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank
Chelmsford—Sparrow, --RoUnd, and Co
Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co
Fakenham- Bank, Fakenharn—Gurneys, 'Birk-
' beck, and Co . • --
Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far-
ringdon—Barnes, Medley, and Co -
Farnham.Bank, Farnham—Messrs' Knight
Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co.
Godalming Bank, G-odalroing—Mellersh and
Keen - , , •
Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon
Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and Co
Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Tinder,
and Co.
Hereford City. and County Bank, Hereford:—
Matthews and Co.
Hertford anal Ware Bank, Hertford—S. Adams
and Co.
Hull 'Bank and Kingston-upon-Hun Bank,
Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co.
Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting-
don—Rust.arid Veaseys •
Harwich Bank, Har•wich—Cox, Cobbold, and
Co. • • ; .."
Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead
--.--Smith and Whittingstall
EI-erttordahire; ''' Hitchin - Bank, Hitchin
Sharples, and Co.
Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and
Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford—
. Morgan and Co
IPswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co.
Ipswich an Needham Market Bank, Suffolk,
Hadleigh Bank; Manningtree and Mistley
Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich—
Alex.anders and Co.
Kentish Bank, Maidstone,Mercer, Randall,
and Co. ..... . .......... ......
Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—
Davies and Co. •
Knighton Bank, Knighton—:Davies and C 0....
Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank,
Knaresboroligh—Terry and Co.
Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson,
and. Co. . . ................ ............................
Kettering Bank, Kettering—J. C. Gotch and
50n5..... . ...........................................
Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C
Harvey and Son
Leeds Bank, Leeds--Beckett and Co
'Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams,

5,046
31,775

16,305

22,041

70,344

34,083
24,632
3,178

34,817

33,424

12,391
64,865

26,945

11,474

1,768
16,773

39,218

31,860

19,759
3,117
16,150

81,165
46,775
7,043
20,119'

73,742

9,110
11,934
41,074

28,16

9,653
10,622

66,699

78,044
9,475

44,580

43,975
27,665

19,604

6,471

6,155

5,677
8,119
24,685

30,835

15,988

21,955

18,270

40,88

4,982

23,601

35,315

21,088
20,389

59,233

13,936

26,364
8,995

19,685

42,392

8,571

5,291
55,601

Brown and Co.
Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby,
Lewes Old Bank, Lewes---31olineux and Co
Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Greene
Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co.
Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan-
dilo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co
Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle-
_ _

36,842
25,429
30,483
11,390
82,116

14,426

toil and Ciadock —
Lymington Bank, Lymington—St• Barbe and
Co. ....................................................
Lynn Regis and Lincobishire Bank, Lynn

Regis--Gurneys and Co.
Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis—

Jarvis and Co
Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst

and Co.
Mauningtree Bank, Mannisgtree----Nunn and
Co. .. ........................ , ........................
Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts
Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl-
borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank,
and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tan-
ner and Co
Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and
Son

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Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co
Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial
Bank, Abergavenny--Bailey and Co
Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre-
con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old
Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank,
Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co
Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell
Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and
Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock,
and Co
Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock
Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham-
mond, and Co.
Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk

Bank, Noiwich—Harveys and Hudsons...
Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur-
_

62,086

net's and Birkbeck
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not-
tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co
Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co
Naval Bank, Plyrdouth, Plymouth—Harris
and Co.
New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and C 0.... recent date, narrates how that a certain shoemaker,
Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith at Edinburgh, patented in 1838 a boot or half-boot,
and Co.
Ogwestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os- tion of the bottom of the boot situated between the tread
westry—Croxon and Co. ..
Oxford Old Bank, Oxford--Robinson, Parsons, might better accommodate itself to the movements of the
and Co.
Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton- 33,82, our infantry soldiers ; and the fourteen years' corres-
bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton- pondence which ensued is quite a curiosity. The Com-
bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton- mander-in-Chief, knowing that the colonels of regiments
bridge—T. rH. and S. Beeching ... .
........... 8,092 have a peculiar interest in the clothing of the men, dis-
Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney--.J, w. avowed all control, but promised to recommend the shoes
Clinch and Co. ........ . ........................... 10,795 to the colonels, if the invention turned out well. Th•
Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank Adjutant-General wrote to the general officer command-
and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and C 0.... 37,657 ing in Scotland with no result. A fire of letters fol-
Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co. ... 11,158 lowed from the Adjutant-General to the Colonel of the
Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter- , Grenadier Guards, from the Colonel of the Grenadier
borough—D. Yorke and Co. .............. . ... 7,34, Guards, back again, to the Adjutant-General, which
Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and ' lasted up to 1843, when the Adjutant-General declared
W. Walters lO 447 that, he could do nothing further in the matter. The
,
Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co.. 27 .7.1 r patentee then wrote to the duke, and a correspondence
Reading Bank, Reading--Stephens, Blandy—, " ensued backward and forward, between exactly the same
and Co. ................................ . „4 parties, until 1847. The inventor then wrote to the ,
Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper.".;,,ndo.o.: 351:6'17;
Rochdale Bank, t R Secretary-at-War, who wrote to the Adjutant-General,
Rochdale--ClemenPoyds,
who wrote to the duke, who wrote to the Clothing
and Co. ................... . Board, who wrote back to the Secretary-at-War, who
Rochester, Chatham, and Sii:o-c;Cll3ank, Roches- '• . •
ter—Day and Nicholson tory result. The matter finished nearly where it began.
Royston Bank, Royston--Fordham and (;n; 021
7, -__ Of the merits or demerits of the boot we do not presume
Rugby Bank, Rugby—A. Butlin and Son ll,2zu
10,318 of
to judge; we only point to the fact that certain officers
Br Bank, RP—R. C. P mere 0 t and Co. government take fourteen years to decide how they
1h557 . like a pair of boots,—.Diokonie .`.` lloulaoki Kral."

9,825
3,524

25,828
12,478