The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-15 00:00:00

9,530
17,944

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 16,005
Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell 27,050 -"-
Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Wilts anu _
Newark Bank, Slea.ford—Handley, Peacock, West Riding u
and Co dersfield
Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock ---.11 and Meanie',
Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham-
mond, and Co -4v Bank,—
~
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-
t4 tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co
Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co
Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris
and Co.
New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and C 0....
Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith MONSTER MAILS.—The Washington papers contain
and Co. ..„ 30,280 an advertisement from the American Postmaster-Gene-
Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os- ral for tenders for mail contracts in California, Oregon,
westry—Croxon and Co. 9,212 Utah, and New Mexico. The contracts are nearly 100
Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, in number, and some of the mail routes are 1,000 miles
and Co.
Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton- nearly 10,000 miles. Mail bags are to be taken up and
bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton- dropped at about 300 places. The postal communica-
bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton- tion between great numbers of the towns is to be daily.
bridge—T. H. and S. Beeching
Oxfordshire Watley Bank, Witney—J. W month. Every kind of mail conveyance will be adopted
Clinch and Co
Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank steamboats, 4-horse coaches, carts, waggons, and saddle
and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 45,603 horses. The coot; acts are to commence in 1854, and to
Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co 10,755 last until 1858.
Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter- A MARRIAGE CUSTOM AND ITS CONSEQUENOES.—A
borough—D. Yorke and Co.
Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and the western hills of Allendale among the rustic and less
Reading
, Bank, ReadingB74 a` merry afternoon, and at night "hunt the bridegroom,"
g—Stephens, Blandy, • throw the stocking," and " sup for the ring." At one
Ricandhmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co. 6,892 ?ell side between a Benedict and a Beatrice, there was
Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds,
i a desperate onset supping struggle for the ring among
and Co
Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches- , in g young girl, just 19, who had the good fortune to fish
ter—Day and Nicholson 8,395 it out on the point of her spoon, swallowed it instanter,
Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons 14,269 leaving the bride minus a cold ring (the emblem of her
Rugby Bank, Rugby—A. Butlin and Son
matrimony), and the mountain nymph the consolation
Rye Bank, Rye—B. C. Pomfret and Co of knowing that she was they nut party to bo married.

28,494

48,052
23,672

23,392

48,785

74,672

10,808
3,436

P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns.
Inland Revenue, Somerset-house,
October 28, 1853.

27,302
13,661