The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-14 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON,

Average Amount.
Pease a Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and
Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 38,693
Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co 9,042
Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank. Peter-
borough—Meets. Yorke
Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson
and White lB5
Pezunrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and
W. Walters
Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and
Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven
and Co
Reading Bank, Reading—Simonas and Co 25,005
Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and
Co 27,217
Richmond Bank, Richmond—Maxwell and Co 5,150
Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and
County of Poole Bank, Ringwood.. Ledgard
and Sons
Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds,
and Co 5,386
Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank Roches-
ter—Day and Nicholson 7,664
Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons... 10,315
Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son 12,380
Rye Bat k, Rye—Pomfret and Co.
Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy-
don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and
Co 8,085
Ross (,ld Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard
and Allas-ay 4,106
Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron
Walde n—Messrs. Gibson
Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and
Co 11,235
Scarbo rc ugh Old Bank, Gcarborough—Woodall

and Co - ....
Shrewsbnry Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and
Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—•Rocko, Eytons.
and Co
Sittin,9;bourne ant Miiton Bank, Sittingbourn©
—Valiance and Son 2,733
Southampton Town and County Bank, South-
ampton—Maddicon and Pearce 11,805
Scw th well Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co.
St. Alban's Bank. St. Alban's—J. S. Story —
Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie —
Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury— Brodie and

King
Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp-
ton—Atherly and Fall . 3,551
Stone 11:m1':, Stone—W. Moore 1,560
Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge —Rufford,
Wra7g, and Co 9,236
Stafford, Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Cc 11,637
Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton,
Cayloy, and Co.
Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and
Robins
Shrewthury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury
—Beck, Downward, and Co.
St. Allytn's and Hert; Bank, St. Alban's—Gib-

son and Stuart
Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badeock 21,269
Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and
8,422
Th ornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and
Parslow
Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns-
ford and Baran 8,733
Thrapton and Kettering Bank, Northampton-
shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland 10,555
Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But-
cher and Son
To ofcester Old Bank, Toweester—J. and S
Percival
Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and
Co
Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith,
and Co.
Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Allnatt &Co 6,595
Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick—
Greenway and Co.
Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox
Brothers
West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract
Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, and Co 38,741
Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap-
man, and Co 13,138
Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win-
chester—Bulpett and Co.
Winchester and Hampshire Baltic, Winchester
—Wickham and Co 3,737
Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank ,
Weymouth—Elliott and Pears.
Wirkcsworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank,

Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co. . 27,536
Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech—
Gurney and Co.
Wiveliscorehe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and Ver
Hancock
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good-
ricke and Holyoake.. 12,455
Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender,
and Co. 7,688
Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank,
Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 67,477
Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley
and Turner
Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and
Sons
Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster—
Everett and Co.
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—
Messrs. Fryer
Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Haleswortk
and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney,
Birkbeek, and Co.
Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great
Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co
Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten ...
York Bank. York—Swann, Clough, and C 0....

10,495

39,745

ORIENTAL BANK.

The annual general meeting of the proprietors of
the Oriental Bank was held yesterday afternoon at the
office of the company, in Walbrook. Mr. H. G.
Gordon, Chairman of the Court of Directors, in the
chair.

The report stated that the accounts now laid before
the meeting embraced the half-yearly proceeds to
which the books were balanced, namely, at the
branches in India, Servia, and China to the Ist of
March and the Ist of September, and in London to the
Ist of June and the Ist of December respectively.
The result of the balancing of the books showed a
profit for the half-year, ending the Ist of June, of
42,575/. Bs. 2d., and for the half-year ending the Ist
of December, of 34,450/. 17s. 4d., being a full
profit on the operations of the year, after deducting
all charges, of no less a sum than 77,0261. ss. 6d.
This amount of profit, though large and satisfactory,
was less than that of the preceding year, but it
was easily accounted for in the contracted
business which the managers of the bank
had deemed it prudent to engage in until
the credit and confidence, so fearfully impaired by the
commercial disasters of 1847, were fully restored. The
directors still deemed it proper to persevere in
their present cautious and prudent course of manage-
ment; but, nevertheless, they were confident that
each succeeding year would exhibit profits equal
to any the bank had hitherto earned. The
proprietors were aware that out of the profits
for the half-year ending the Ist of June
last a dividend of 3f per cent , amounting to 32,4851.
Sc., was declared, leaving a balance of 10,0901 3s. 2d.,
to be carried to the contingent fund ; and the directors
had appropriated the like sum of 32,485/. ss. to pay
a similar dividend for the half-year ending the Ist I)ee.
inst., making the dividend for the year 7 per cent.
allowing a further sum of 1,94.5/. 12s. 4d. to be car-
ried to the credit of the contingent fund, and leaving
the reserve .I fund still at 112,000/.
On the motion of the CHAIRILIN, the report was
unanimously adopted, after which the dividend of 31
rcr cent. ft.r the past half-year was declared, payable
on the 17th instant.

Thomas A. Gibbs, Esq., and General De la Matte,
were then re appointed auditors of the company.
Mr. KENNEDY, in moving that the chairman (11.
G. Gordon, Esq.) and William Erskine, Esq., be re-
elected directors, took occasion to pass a warm cub°.
gium upon the exertions of the first gentleman in the
service of the bank, remarking that the honourable
gentleman had worked for the batik more in the cha-
racter of an active partner in a large firm than as an
honorary director of a public company, while tho
second gentleman had been no less serviceable in
managing the affairs of the bank in India.
Mr. 11. MARSHALL seconded the motion, which
was put and carried unanimously.
A resolution, confirming the forfeiture of certain
shares, was then agreed to ; as also a resolution
rescinding a former one increasing the capital of the
hank, which was now found to be unnecessary ; after
which the business of the day terminated.

fir. KENNEDY then moved a vote of thanks to the
chairman and directors, observing that they belonged
to no " Mutual-present -each-other- with. a-piece- of-
plate society," but were the active manvgers of a
u.eful and profitable institution.
The motion was seconded by Mr. MARSUALL, anti
carried by acclamation.
The ChAIRMAN briefly acknowledged the compli-
ment, promising to use the same energy and 7.,a1 in
conducting the affairs of the bank that had already
won for him the good opinion of the proprietors, and
expressing a confident hope that ere long the profits
of the concern would yield 10 per cent. per annum.

METROPOLITAN ASSOCIATION FOR IM-
PROVING THE DWELLINGS OF THE
INDUSTRIOUS CLASSES.
On Wednesday a meeting of the shareholders and
friends of this association, to whose exertions the "d well.
inns for families" in Pancras-road owe their origin, was
held at the Metropolitan Buildings, Albert-street,
Spicer-street, Spitalfields, which form a pile of
erections, partly completed and partly still in course
of construction, intended to be let at moderate rents,
as im proved dwellings, to working men and their
families. The portion of the buildings which was
opened onWednesday,is adapted for the accommodation
of 234 single men, and includes every requisite
arrangement to enable them to live there with clean-
liness, health, and comfort. The extent of this struc-
ture and the conveniences which it will enable the
working man to command will be easily comprehended
from the following description :
The building is five stories in height from the
basement. The latter is surrounded by an open area
and contains baths and washhouses, with all the requi-
site appurtenances, extensive cellarage, and ample space
for workshops. Upon the ground floor the entrance•
hall is commanded by the superintendent's apartments,
which are placed on the left, while the store-room and
cook's apartments occupy about the same space on the
right. Immediately in front of the entrance are the stairs,
of fire-proof construction, which lead to the three
stories of sleeping apartments ; and opposite the
stairs, on the ground-floor, is a good- sized lavatory
for day use. The coffee•room is directly in front of
the staircase-hall, and extends to the back of the
building, communicating on one side with a reading-
room, and on the other with a kitchen for the use of
the inmates. It is a lofty room, divided into aisles
by iron columns supporting an open roof of stained
timbers, lighted by a large window at the further
end, two smaller side windows, and sheets of rough
plate in the roof. Boxes are fitted with tables and
seats round three sides, and the room is warmed
by hot-water pipes. A cook's bar opens into the
coffee-room for the supply of coffee, &c. The
reading-room, size 60 feet by 21 feet 9 inches, is
warmed by open fires, and intended to be furnished
with some of the daily papers and popular periodicals.
The kitchen, 45 feet by 21 feet 9 inches, for the use
of the inmates, contains two ranges provided with
hot water, a sink with cold water, and common appa-
ratus for cooking purposes. From this kitchen a
stone staircase leads to ai portion of the basement,
containing 234 small meat-safes, all under lock and
key, raised on brick piers, placed in ranges back to
back, with ample space for ventilation. The cook's
shop is connected with the men's kitchen by a bar,
from which cooked provisions may be obtained at
almost any hour of the day. The water closets and
urinals are placed in the yard, and approached from
the inmates' kitchen by a covered passage. The three
upper stories are fitted with sleeping apartments on
each side of the corridors. Each compartment
measures 8 feet by 4 feet I inches, and is lighted by
half a window, the upper portion only opening, and
this is hung on centres. These rooms are all fur-
nished with iron bedsteads and suitable bed furniture.
There is also in each a locker for linen and
clothes, with a false bottom for the admission of
fresh air; so that the sleeping berths can be
ventilated at the pleasure of the lodgers. All the
doors are secured by spring latches, of which each
inmate has his own key, and no key will open the
lock of any other in the same wing. On each floor
are lavatories filled with cast-iron enamel basins, set
in slate fittings, and also two water-closets for night
use. The partitions forming the sleeping compart-
ments are kept below the ceiling for the purpose of
ventilation, and the corridors have windows at each
end to insure a thorough draught when necessary.
With respect to ventilation, the principal agent is a
shaft which rises nearly 100 feet, into which several
of the smoke flues are conveyed, and by which means
a powerful upward current is maintained. The
sleeping apartments and other principal rooms are
connected by vitiated air flues with the ventilating
shafts, and the current is regulated at pleasure by means
of dampers, placed under the control of the superinten-
dent. Water—Large cisterns in the roofs, and smaller
ones in other parts of the building, afford an ample supply
of water to every part of the premises. Dust—Every
fluor has an opening, secured by an iron door, into a
dust shaft, communicating with a dust cellar in the
basement. Gas—The whole building is well lighted
by gas. The water-closets have all a direct communi-
cation with the external air. This building has been
erected from the designs and under the superinten-
dence of Mr. W. Beck, 33, Broad-street-buildings,
and the builder is Mr. S. Grimadell. The terms 3s.
per week, payable in advance. Each inmate will have,
besides his sleeping apartment, the use of the coffee-
room, reading room, and the public kitchen, where
he may cook his own food, or he can obtain ready
eooked provisions from - the cook's shop. Every
lodger is furnished with a small larder under his own
lock and key, has free access to the washouse at cer-
tain times of the day, and can, by the payment of a
small sum, have a hot or cold bath. Adjoining to this
building, and within the same enclosed ground, an
extensive range of buildings for 60 families is now in
course of erection, of which particulars will be fur-
nished when they are completed.
Previous to the commencement of the proceedings
of the meeting the buildings were thrown open to the
inspection of the company, and the substantial and
convenient manner in which all the different portions
of the erection are constructed, and the arrangements
made for the comfort of the expected inmates, both in
the part appropriated to single men and that assigned
for families (the latter not being yet entirely finished),
appeared to give the greatest satisfaction. The rent
of these lodgings must of course be moderate, or the
whole object of the institution would be frustrated,
and consequently the rent charged to a single man
will, as before stated, be 3s. a-week ; and to a family,
for a dwelling in the building, consisting of three
rooms and a small kitchen, with water, water-closet,
cupboards, store-places, and every possible convenience
far a humble family, ss. 6d. a week. The Metropolitan
Company, from their first efforts, decided on form-
ing themselves into a commercial company, under
the conviction that the industrious classes could and
would independently so afford to pay for improved
dwellings as should make it a profitable investment to
erect them. In the year 1845 a charter of incorpora-
tion was granted, enabling them to raise a capital of