The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-14 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS.

(From the 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 Ist day of January, 1853 : Average
PRIVATE BANKS. Amount.
Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co.
Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 11,046
Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—G. and T. Copeman 4,107
Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt 24,352
Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade
Bank, Baldock—Wells, Rogge, and Co
Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co
Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke--
Seymour, Lamb, and Co
Bedford 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. 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
Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—La Coste 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
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—Ba,ckhouse & 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 103,994
East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and Co 5O, 483
Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank
Chelmsford—Sparrow, Round, and Co
Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co
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
Hertfordshire, 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 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
Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank,
Knaresborough—Terry and Co.
Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson,
and Co.
Kettering Bank, Kettering—J. C. Gotch and

24,638
8,789

14,840
31,840

10,944

12,955

23,076

10,622
6,752
58,759
13,949

4,578
33,845

17,710

19,670

67,306

32,757
27,678
3,984

35,325

30,487

11,933
64,617

25,128

11,324

2,451
18,219

40,582

30,539

21,440
2,760
15,845

28,781
45,097
7,272
20,029

67,605
5,757

8,313
9,907
37,825

26,00 8

8,802
10,656

60,818

78,716
10,255

41,109

42,465
28,940

20,260

6,913
12,025
5,031

4,199
6,460
27,132

31,337

15,948

20,638

18,122

42,694

5,330

21,889

17,293
21,152

60,133

16,205

25,128
9,140

19,545

41,415

Sons
Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C
Harvey and Son
Leeds Bank, Leeds—• Beckett and Co.
.Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams,

7,820

5,250
52,053

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

36,622
24,679
31,776
12,535
86,596

20,960

5,858

Co.
Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn
Regis—Gurneys and Co.
Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis—
Jarvis and Co
Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehust
and Co.
Manningtree Bank, Manningtree—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
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-

3,45

3,2450

12,683

15,343

2,044

1,874

8,665
13,779

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-
_ _

tingliam, Hart, Fellows, and Co
Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co.
Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris
and Co.
New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co
Nottinghamßank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith

12,590
25,946

47,939
21,674

17,547

46,836

60,315

. 9,379
3,215

and Co. _
Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os-

24,000
12,111

25,603

westry—Croxon and Co.
Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons,

10,615

35,082

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 C 0...
Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter-
borough—D. Yorke and Co.
Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest--J. and
W. Walters.
Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co
Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy,
and Co.
Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co.
Rochdale Bank, Rochdale--Clement, Royds,
and Co.
Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches-
ter—Day and Nicholson ......................... 7,123
Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sone 10,256
Rugby Bank, Rugby—A. Butlin and 50n....., 9,560

9,019

9,484

39,526
.. 11,108

6,832

11,703
26,071

29,671
5,747

4,255

I Rye Bank, Rye—R. C. Pomfret and Co. 15,410
Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Prich-
ards and Allaway
Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron
Walden—Gibsons and Co.
Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and
Co
Scarbor \ ugh Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall
and Co.
Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and
Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons,
and Co.
Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne
—Vallance 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
Tring 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, Wallingford—Hedges,
Wells, and Co,
Warwick and arwickshire 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
Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley,
Turner, and Co
Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Forster
and Sons ............................ ..................
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—R.
and W. F. Fryer
Yai mouth 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

28,257

14,314

23,629

38,7'

2,772

12,072
12,651

4,127
405

11,58 k

29,862

22,805
23,578
10,084
6,192

10,433

11,083

13,364

9,310

10,110

13,783

7,596

23,223

6,013

44,240

14,48'

18,93

6,235

15,290

34,336

41,894

6,43:

1,2223

7,340

62,631

8,525

577

10,300

41,080

13,130
43, 403

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
Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company,
Derby
Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com-
pany, Darlington
East of England Bank, Norwich 23,930
Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 142,168
Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax
Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 33,745
Hull Banking Company, Hull
Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 12,950
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 3,468
Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 51,987
Leeds Banking Company, Leeds
Leicestershire Banking
.Company, Leicester 66,063
Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company
Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking
Company, Leamington Priors.,
Luodolroewand Robinson'sen
burY
and T
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nLguhdal
mo Ludlow
h. i
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e.
Moore
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,
L0nd0n................................................ 383,461
North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham ..... 4291
Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 62,155
Northamptonshire Banking Company, N0rth-
ampt0n..........................................
North and South Wales Bank, Liv .
erpool ..
Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company,
Leicester ....
........ 45,145
Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 1,798
Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 39,527
Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com-
pany, Stamford
Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset-
shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang-
port
Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall 47,664
Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com-
pany, Stourbridge
Sheffield and Hallamshire Basking Company,
23,759
Sheffield
Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking
Company, Sheffield 49,769
Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company,
Richmond
Storey and Thomas' Banking Company, Shaftes-
bury
Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking
Company, Wolverhampton
34,001
Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake-

9,728
9,170
46,194

9,336
30,822

18,807

55,413

6,756

34,714

9,253

26,084
12,632

98,975

23,250
19,517

38,970

19,817

8,865
9,003

30,042

25,379

1,225

22,665
32,372

50,985

55,996

field .....................
Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company,

48,560

9,687

11,940

Whitehiven........................
Warwick and Leamington Banking Company,
Warwick. 29,309
West of England and South Wales District
Bank, Bristol
73,715
Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 66,668
West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud-
dersfield
Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company,
Whitchurch
...............
Worcester City and County Banking Com-
pany, Worcester
York Union Banking Company, York ........ 4,813 68,580
York City and County Banking Compa.ny, 94,074
Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds
P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns
Inland Revenue, Somerset House, .
January 8, 1853.

23,809

29,506

2,695

SALE OF PICTURES.—The sale of modern pictures
which had belonged to King Louis Philippe has just taken place in Paris, M. de Bonnefons de Lavialle
being the auctioneer, and in ' general brought good
prices. There were in all 68 pictures to be sold, some
of which were dreadfully mutilated by the swords and
bayonets of the insurgents in 1848. The following were
some
prices given :—" Sea-view with figures," bire • .
teven, 1,310 - • "An Episode of 1830," by Leonelg
niet, 1,200 E 'This was a small, roughly done picture,
~,o.
crowded with figures, every one of which was mu
life and expression. The "Head and bust of young
woman," by the same, something in the stxlheofia3Geirielyuzea,
1,105 f. ; " Scene of the Carnival at Paris,
very clever composition, 1,410 f. ; and
ethearrlineygat
of the sale, " A Neapoitan womapb
ng by Colonel
her picturecot-
tage
lßobert,
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brought
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a' i byi twh_ Leopold,eLl.anttehby th
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4anglois, representing the
in the of
French army in 1799, which wthaes
Minister of the 1850, has been presented by
passage of the Li nth Exhibition
Inte-
rior to the Museum of Strasburg
CONTINENTAL CONTINENTAL RAILWAYS.—
letter from Wiesbaden,
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because the policy of
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Nassau with respect to the Zollvereia is contrary to the
interest' of Prussia.