The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1853.

Anti-Slavery office here, both of whom declared themselves
slaveholders—one from Louisiana, the Other from Virginia.
The whole appearance and manner of th e former was manly
and pleasing. He conversed with us on the subject of
slavery nearly two hours. He said that, in the part of
Louisiana where he lived, there was a strong and grow-
ing feeling in favour of some State action by which the
condition and treatment of the slaves should be amelio-
rated. He reprobated with apparent sincerity every
cruelty practised towards the slaves, including their sale
and the separation of families ; although he was slow to
admit the probability of the entire abolition of the sys-
tem. He did not explain how human beings could be
held as property, and yet be exempt from liability to
sale and separation. But we thought we saw indications
of a spirit in this young man from which, much good
might be expected. With regard to the other, we had
less opportunity to become acquainted with him, but he
expressed interest in the anti-slavery discussion now
going forward. Both these men had called to see Mr.
Garrison, and evidently desired an opportunity of full
conversation with him. The world moves. Even the
south does not wholly keep back. The moral elements
have not been agitated for nothing.—M."
The Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin has sold extensively
at the South, following in the wake of Uncle Tom.
Not one fact or statement in it has been disproved as
yet—l have yet to learn of even an attempt to disprove
anything in it. That great numbers of it have been
sold and circulated at the South, the publisher's accounts
must show : that it was not read there with indifference,
the nature of the work makes sufficiently evident.
They are perfectly aware that it is intended to confirm
a work with regard to their institutions, which has gone
forth into all the countries of the civilised world ; and
yet they do not answer it, and the only reason is, they
feel they cannot.
The last number of the Nora American Review, a pe-
riodical which has never been favourable to the discus-
sion of the slavery question, has come out in the last
number with a review of Uncle Tom's Cabin, in which,
while rating the work very low as a work of art, they
account for its great circulation and success, by the fact
of its being a true picture of slavery ; and go on to say,
that the system is one so inherently abominable, that
unless the South shall rouse themselves, and abolish the
principle of chattel ownerships, they can no longer sus-
tain themselves under the contempt and indignation of
the whole civilised world !
What is the south to do when this is the best their
friends and supporters can say for them
As a consequence of the state of feeling awakened in
the south, disclosures are, from timeto time, being made,
which go powerfully to confirm the statements of the book
and " Key ;" one of these, now in press, is the " Diary
of a Physician," who has been for many years in exten-
sive practice on southern plantations, being himself a
slaveholder.
These indications give the hope that the day is not far
off when the South will take this matter in hand, and
when she does so, we may begin to have rest.
I regret to say, that the movements of Christian deno-
minations on this subject are yet greatly behind what
they should be.
Some movements have been made by religious bodies,
of which I will speak ; but, as a general thing, the pro-
fessed Christian Church is pushed up to this subject by
the world, rather than the world urged on by the
Church.

One religious operation, from which I hope much, is
the American Reform Tract and Book Society. The
original American Tract Society, as you aro aware, de-
clines to publish anything distinctively on the subject of

slavery.
This Reform Society gives admittance to the subject,
and has issued a series of very valuable and efficient
tracts, which are circulating with the best possible
results.

It may be gratifying to you to know that this society
has received aid from the Scottish National Penny Offer-
ing, and that thus, by the assistance of Scottish Chris-
tians, the silent appeal of love and reason is being made
to many consciences and hearts. By the help of the
same offering, I have been enabled to place a thousand
copies of "Uncle Tom," and a thousand of the " Key,"
in the bands of as many home missionaries.
These men aro the most devoted soldiers of the Cross
which our country contains.
Like the Apostle: of old, struggling in necessity,
poverty, and calf-denial, they are yet unflinching sup-
porters of every good work, that of anti-slavery among
the rest. Their extreme poverty renders them unable
to purchase books for themselves ; lit a better invest- ,
ment for the cause could not be made than by lodging
anti-slavery documents in their hands ; they will be sure
to be efficiently used.
I may mention here farther that ono thousand dollars
of the same fond have been appropriated for the support
of Miss Miner's school for coloured females in our na-
tional capital.
Miss Miner has been for many years a heroic and
most indefatigable labourer for the coloured people at
Washington.
She has been gifted by nature with singular talents for
this work, and endowed by God's grace with a courage,
zeal, and devotion such as are given to but few.
When her school was yet in its infancy it excited bit-
ter opposition. A man one day called upon her and told
her that a mob was organised to destroy her school-
room, as they were determined that her school should
no longer exist.
"What good will it do to destroy my school-room ?"
was her reply. " Lshall only get another, and go right
on.

"But," said he, "we will frighten your scholars so
that they will not dare to come to you."
"No, you will not," said she. "Wherever I dare
to go to teach, they will dare to come to learn."
Then fixing her eyes very decidedly on the man, she
added, " You may tell your associates that destroying
any number of schoolhouses will not stop my school ;
you cannot stop it, unless you take my life." The man
retired, and the school-room remained unmolested.

This school has exerted a great influence on the minds
of many slaveholders, who, on visiting tit, have been
struck with the capabilities, under education, of the
very people whom they hold in slavery.
A more particular account of Miss Miner's school
will ere long appear in Frederick Douglas's paper, which
I 'commend to your notice and attention.
The coloured people in this country are rapidly rising
in every respect. _ _ _

I shal request Frederick Douglas to send you the
printed account of the recent coloured convention ; it
would do credit to any set of men whatever, and I hope
you will get some notice of it in the papers of your United
Kingdoms.
It is time that the slanders against this unhappy race
should be refuted ; and it should be seen how, in spite
of every social and political oppression, they are rising in
the scale of humanity.
In my opinion, theyfadvance quite as fast, taking all
their disadvantages into account, as any of the foreign
races which have found an asylum among us.
While my husband and myself were in England, our
attention was turned very seriously towards the subject
of encouraging, so far as possible, free labour produce in
preference to the produce of slave labour.
We had not before attended to the subject, but it
struck us very favourably as suggesting an opening
which might, through Divine Providence, be improved
to yet wider results.
It is generally conceded that God has so made the
world, that right-doing is, in the long run, always more
conducive to profit than wrong-doing.
Slave labour is as wasteful and unprofitable, compared
with free labour, as it is immoral. In every branch of
labour, where the two come fairly into competition, the
free labour invariably runs out the slave labour.
Thus it happens that the shoes, the blankets, the tubs,
the pails, the axes, and other necessary articles on
sodthern plantations, are made by northern free labour,
simply because, being free, it can do the thing better and
cheaper than it can be done under the operation of
slavery. _ _

The immense price of slaves now renders the stocking
of a plantation with slave labour a most exorbitant out-
lay.

At the same time, through the immigration of the
Chinese on to our western shores, a very cheap and in-
dustrious free-labour population is being introduced into
our country. _

Coincidently with this, it is being discovered that cot-
ton of prime quality.can be raised in Liberia, in Austra-
lia, in the British provinces in India • in all these coun-
tries it can be raised as theiesult o 1 free labour.
In our Southern States there are many small planters
who, either from poverty or principle, cultivate cotton
entirely through free labour.
An association exists in this country, of some stand-
ing, which receives this cotton, and a large amount of
raw material is thus produced by free labour,
Movements are now being made to organise manufac-
turing companies to work this up into the various forms
necessary for domestic consumption.
Does not this combination of circumstances present
the subject of free labour to the Christian philanthropist
in a most interesting point of view ?
If a certain number of planters at the South are labo-
riously endeavouring to produce cotton by free labour,
should not the Christian community encourage them, by
giving a preference to what is thus produced over what
is grown by slave labour ?
If the subject of free labour is presenting itself already
to planters who are thinking of stocking plantations,
will it not much more present itself should they see that
a general demand is rising in the Christian world for
free instead of slave produce ?
That such thoughts are presenting themselves to the
minds of slaveholders, will be made evident from such
facts as these, which begin to appear in our public
prints :
" SLAVIC LABOUR V. WHITE LABOUR.—We yesterday
conversed with a Southern planter froin the northern
part of Georgia, who has come on here to engage men
to work on his plantation. He has commenced harvest-
ing, and requires additional help ; but ,the enhanced
value of slaves since the abolition agitation places it
beyond his ability to purchase a larger supply, and white
labour can be employed more economically than that of
hired slaves."—New York Journal of Commerce.
We learn, on the authority of the New York Tribune,
" that the farm of Cassius M. Clay, who emancipated
his slaves some eight years ago, is now yielding him
handsome returns, whereas before it used to run him
constantly in debt. He has no difficulty in procuring
white men as labourers, though he hires a portion of his
old slaves. He cuts more hay, has better pasturage,
and raises more and better stock than formerly, Rod his
experiment, which was made under the most embarras-
sing circumstances, has proved, in every way, eminently
successful."
I cannot leave this branch of the subject without
relating to you one incident.
On board the ship, when I came over from England,
was a professed slave-trader, and a thoughtless gay
young man, who is a large slaveholder.
The trader apparently gloried in his shame, and seemed
to take delight in relating, within hearing of my brother,
scenes in which he had hunted down negroes with dogs,

and otherwise practised upon them the horrors of his
trade.

It has now become a moral certainty that Maine will
never recede from this law ; and as long as she holds to
it, her example will tell on every part of the Union ;
and there will be a great moral conflict in every state
until it extends over our whole Union.

It is a remarkable fact, that wherever the Maine law
conflict arises, a just anti-slavery sentiment generally
goes with it. The two reforms appear to be twin bro-
thers, and the support of the one very naturally leads
to the support of the other.

When a man's principles of right have been so strength-
ened that he will give up a lucrative business from con-
scientious considerations, he necessarily gains in moral
force, and the same principles which he has applied to
the rum traffic apply also to the traffic in slaves.
When the temperance reform has awakened the cour-
rage, energy, and virtuous feeling of the community, the
evil of slavery is more likely to be seen and felt. They
find that the same arguments apply to the slave traffic
and to the rum traffic ; that they have the same class
of opposers and the same class of defenders, and I trust
it will prove but a step from the one to the other.
It would much assist our cause if all the friends of
anti-slavery in Great Britain would earnestly and pray-
erfully consider the claims of the temperance cause.
According to the observations which we made among
you, nothing but intemperance now stands in the way of
your lower classes being as happy and as well off in
every respect as any in the world.

The young slaveliolder declared some of these thing,
"really too bad." "The fact is," said the young mans
"this slavery is a bad thing, and, and it is bound to
come to an end."

"It never will come to an end," said the trader, "so
long as grass grows, or water runs ; it never will come
to an end," he added, hesitating, "unless they get some-
thing that will do in the place of cotton ; so long as all
the world must have cotton, so long they will have
slaves !"

Now, if we consider that there are immense tracts of
cotton-growing land in America not yet taken up, and
it is yet to be decided whether this land shall be appro-
priated to slave or free labour, does not this show a rea-
son why a general movement should be made en the part
of Christians to patronise free-labour produce ?
The last encouraging symptom which I will mention
in relation to our cause, is the progress of the temper-
ance movement. This gives me as much hope as any one
thing.

Tie great fear that I had was, that the insidious in-
fluence of slavery had destroyed the moral tone of the
country, so that there was no longer energy, enterprise,
or courage, to come up to a great and self-denying work.
But when we see that the State of Maine has enter-
prise and courage as a State, to rise up and pass laws
excluding intoxicating drinks from her borders ; when
we see the majority of the population, some of them at
great pecuniary sacrifice, united in supporting and en-
forcing this law ; and in consequence of it, the prisons
being emptied, the docquets of court almost clear of
crime, pauperism becoming a thing unknown, we can-
not but feel encouraged that there is yet a restoring
force in our country.
Could you once see the results which have been exhi-
bited in the State of Maine, where temptation so intoxi-
cating drinks has been entirely banished, you could
never doubt this.

We are grieved to learn that some of our anti-slavery
friends in England look with coolness upon the tem-
perance cause, and even utter unfriendly sentiments with
regard to it.
Nothing could be a greater grief in the friends of the
slave in this country, because it exceedingly lessens the
moral force of their testimony against slavery.
Excuse the freedom of these remarks, made in all
Christian earnestness and affection.

May God so guide us in all things that our good be
not evil spoken of, and that we be left to defend nothing
which is opposed to his glory and the good of man.
It remains that I close this too long epistle by pre-
senting once more my affectionate thanks to those many
dear friends in Glasgow, whose kindness made my visit
there so delightful. _ _ _

The contents of this letter are designed equally for the
anti-slavery societies of Scotland and England.
I transmit them through your society, because through
you I received that invitation which led me to make the
pleasing acquaintance of so many friends.
You will communicate my letter to them in such a
way as you deem expedient.—Very affectionately yours,
H. B. STOWE.

I am very happy to add that the elections which have
occurred within a few days in the great states of Mas-
sachussets and New York, have returned legislatives
decidedly favourable to the Maine law, and that in New
York a decided majority is thus gained for Mr. Seward,
the anti-slavery senator to the United State Congress.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

QUARANTINE REGULATION.

OPORTO, Dec. 18.—Vessels bound to this port from
suspected ports, may enter the ports of Aveiro or Vianna,
to be examined us to the state of-health and papers, and,
satisfying the health officers of those ports as to sanatory
state, or observing the quarantine they may appoint, will
afterwards receive a certificate, with which they will be
admitted to free pratique at this port.

BANK RETURNS.

An Account, pliosuant 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 10th day of Dec., 1853 : Average
PRIVATE BANKS. Amount.

Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co.
Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret
Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—G. and T;Copeman
Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt
Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade
Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogge, and Co
Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co
Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke—
Seymour, Lamb, and Co. •
3edford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons
Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker,
and Co
Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford
Bank, Bicester—H. M. and G. Tubb
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham —Attwoods,
Spooner, and Co
Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir-
mingham—J. L. Moilliet and Sons
Blandford Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co.
Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co
Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T. Gee and Co
Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and J. L
Sealey
Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and Co
Broseley 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. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds—
J.
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
Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—La Costa 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
Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co
Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little & Woodcock
City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co
Craven Bank, Settle—Alcocks, Birkbecks, and
Oo
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 Dorsetshire Bank,
Dorchester—R. and H. Williams
East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Fos-
ter, and Co 106,012
East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and Co 49,739
Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank
Chelmsford—Sparrow, Round, and Co
Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and C 0..,
Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—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, Godalming—Mellersh and
Keen
Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon
Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and Co
Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder,
and Co.
Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford—
Matthews and Co.
Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford—S. Adams
and Co.
Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank,
Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co.
Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting-
don—Rust and Veaseys
Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and
Co.
Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead
--Smith and Whittingstall
Hert:ordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin
Sharpies, and Co.
Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and
Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford—
Morgan and Co
Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co.
Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk,
Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley
Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich—
Alexanders and Co.
Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall,
and Co.
Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—
Davies and Co.
Knighton Bank, Knighton—Davies and Co
K.naresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank,
Knaresborough—Terry and Co.
Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson,
and Co.
Kettering Bank, Kettering—J. C. Gotch and
Sons
Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C
Harvey and Son
Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co.
Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams,
Brown and Co.
Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby,
Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux 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-
ton and Cradock
Lymington Bank, Lymington—St. Barbe and
Co.

12,272
11,229
4,335
30,354

27,114
9,371

17,816
32,590

11,524

15,645

23,520

10,715
6,934
74,292
14,049

5,574
38,111

17,560

20,762

71,754

36,076
25,944
3,102

34,039

33,418

11,454
67,534

22,930

11,532

2,265
18,175

42,490

31,192

21,813
3,338
17,055

31,363
51,535
6,310
18,562

72,301
7,077

8,200
11,822
38,008

26,336

9,203
10,573

72,189

83,515
9,758

43,712

40,271
26,337

23,448

7,130
13,725
5,780

5,886
5,852
26,976

33,806

18,318

20,861

19,435

45,880

5,480

23,322

33,J39

19,602
20,185

61,895

15,090

26,049

21,910

41,501

8,539

4,939
53,613

36,917
29,299
33,027
10,080
92,224

21,056

7,195

3,450

Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn
Regis—Gurneys and Co.
Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis--
Jarvis and Co
Macclesfield Br.nk, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst
and Co.
Manningtree Bank, Manningtree—Nunn and
Co.
Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts
Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl-
borough Old Bank and Hufigerford Bank,
and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tan-
ner and Co
Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and
Son
Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyanis 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, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons
Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur-
neys and Birkbeck
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not-
tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co
Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co
Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris
and Co.
New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co
Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith
and Co.
Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os-
westry—Croxon and Co.
Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons,
and Co.
Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton-
bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton-
bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton-
bridge—T. H. and S. Beeching
Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. W
Clinch and Co.
Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank
and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co
Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co.
Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter-
borough—D. Yorke and Co.
Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and
W. Walters 12,252
Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co j27,309
Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy,
and Co.
Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co 6,600
Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds,
and Co. 4,503
Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches-
ter—Day and Nicholson 6,043
Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons 12,105
Rugby Bank, Rugby—A. Butlin and Son 10,041
Rye Bank, Rye—R. C. Pomfret and Co.. 16,439

35,543

12.82

15,755

2,515

8,157
17,413

29,025

15,643
27,008

49,567
20,548

18,256

47,265

69,666

10,256
3,224

23,635
10,076

30,260

11,774

33,305

10,034

9,277

45,96'5
10,701

8,166

Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross
ards and Allaway ~
Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron
Walden—Gibsons and Co.
Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and
Co
Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall
and Co.
Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and
Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons,
and Co.
Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne
—Valiance and Co.
Southampton Town and County Bank, South-
ampton—Maddison and Pearce
Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co
Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp-
ton—Atherley, Fell, and Co.
Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore
Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and
Co
Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton,
Cayley and Co.
Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury
—Beck, Downward, and Co.
Taunton Bank, Taunton—H. and R. Badcock
Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill and Rundle
Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph and Co.
Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton
Dunsford and Co.
Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton-
shire—Thrapston, Yorke and Eland
Trin.o. Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But-
cher and Son
Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—Percival and
Co
Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring-
wood and Poole Bank, Poole—G. W. Led-
gard and Sons
Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and
Co
Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith,
and Co
Wallingford Bank,
Wells, and Co,
Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick—
K. Greenway and Co.
Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox,
Brothers, and Co
West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract
Bank, Wakefield— Leatham, Tew, and Co
Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap-
man, and Co
Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win-
chester—Bulpett and Co
Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester
—Wickham and Co
Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank,
Weymouth—Eliott and Pearce
Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank,
Wirksworth—Arkwright and Co
Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech—
Gurneys and Co
Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and
W. Hancock
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—•Good-
ricke and Holyoake
Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Laven-
der, and Co
Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old
Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and
Co

Wallingford—Hedges,

Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley,
Turner, and Co ••• • • ••• ...............
Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Forster
and Sons
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—R
and W. F. Fryer
Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth
and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurneys,
Birbeck, and Co
Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great
Yarmouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., and
Co
York Bank, York Swann, Clough, and Co

3,925

33,468

14,657

42,239

2,729

]2,436
12,993

3,656
385

10,647

30,465

25,261
25,988
11,600
6,421

8,988

11,109

45,400

12;529
44, 486

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Bank of Westmorland, Kendal..
Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley
Bradford Banking Company, Bradford
Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver-
hampton
Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven
Bradford Commercial Banking Company,
Bradford
Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union
Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent
Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking
Company, Chesterfield
Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work-
ington
Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com-
pony, Cheltenham
Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company,
Coventry
Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry
County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel-
tenham
Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company,
Carlisle
Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle
Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company,
Dudley 36,705
Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company,
Derby
Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com-
pany, Darlington
East of England Bank, Norwich 25,206
Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 151,199
Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 17,455
Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 30,911
Hull Banking Company, Hull 27,084
Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13,335
Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com-
pany, Halifax
Helston Banking Company, Helston
Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford
Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company,
Knaresborough
Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge
Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster
Leeds Banking Company, Leeds
Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester
Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company
Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking
Company, Leamington Priors 10,574
Ludlow and Tenbury, Bank, Ludlow 10,186
Moore and Robinson s Nottinghamshire Bank-
ing Company, Nottingham
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking
Company, Nottingham
Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union
Joint-Stock Banking Company, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne
--
National Provincial Bank of England, Birming-
ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street,
London ......................................
North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 51,289
Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 72,892
Northamptonshire Banking Company, North-
ampton
North and South Wa!es Bank, Liverpool
Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company,
Leicester
Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 2,474
Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 32,3'1
Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com-
pany, Stamford
Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset-
shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang-
port 344,171.
Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall 48,358
Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com-
pany, Stourbridge
Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company,
Sheffield
Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking
Company, Sheffield 52,333
Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company,
Richmond ... 49,453
Storey and Thomas Banking Company, Shaftes-
bury
Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking
Company, Wolverhampton 36,050
Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake-
field
Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company,
Whitehaven 27,77
Warwick and Leamington Banking Company,
Warwick
West of England and South Wales District
Bank, Bristol 80,573
Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 70,538
West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud-
dersfield
Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company,
Whitchurch 4,175
Worcester City and County Banking Com-
pany, Worcester 4,506
York Union Banking Company, York 68,787
York City and County Banking Company, 92,393
Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 119,517
P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns.
Inland Revenue, Somerset-house,
December 17, 1853.

8,819
8,740
47,807

8,795
29,473

19,723

56,404

10,025

33,937

22,038
12,943

20,149

39,980
1,497
21,700

27,173
3,940
58,328
• 25,639
77,928
52,820

34,681

25,277
46,196

50,494

56,959

22,186

9,820

13,455

31,245

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