The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-03 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS.

(From the London Gazette of Tuesday.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth
Victoria, zap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank
N,tes of the several Banks of Issue in England and
Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur-
day, the 21st day of July, 1849:- Average
PRiVATE BANKS. amount.
Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co 11,603
Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret 9,915
Aylshaai Bank, Aylaham-R. and G Copeman 5,459
Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Rickford
and Hunt 30,628
Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswads
Bark, Baldock-Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell... 23,354
Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Drake and Co 8,660
Basingstoke and Odiham. Bank, Basingstoke--
Seymour, Lamb, and Co. .......
Bedford Bank, Bedford-T. Barnard ............. 30,530
Ilxiford and Bedfordshire Baneßedford-
Trapp, Halfhead, and Co.
Bewdley Bank, Bewdley-Nichols, Baker, and
12,190
Crane
Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford
Bank. Bicestor-Tubb and Co. .. .•.•
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Attwoc ds,
Spooner, and Co 22,485
Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming-
ham --J. L. Moilliett, and Sons ............. .• 13,102
Blandford Bank, Blandford-Bastard and Oak 8,002
Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co ...........•• 55,122
Boston Bank, Boston-Gee and Co. ...............
Bridg ,v 8.055
iter Bank, Bridgwater-J. &J. Sealey 5,219
Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Harford, and Co. 32,201
Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and
Broseley Bank, Broseley-Messrs. Pritchard 19,559
Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett,
Parrott, and Co.
Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Stow-
Market Bank, Bury-Oakes, Bevan, and Co. 62,506
Bantury Bank, Banbury-Gillett and Tawney. 25,862
Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Messrs. Cobb 25.225
Bath City Bank, Bath-Moger and Son
Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton
Buzzard-Bassett and Grant 31,997
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and
Lloyds
Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-IL
A. and W. M. Harris and Co 13,330
Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 57,537 ,
Bridport Bank, Bridport-S. and W. E. Gundry
Brighton Unidia Bank, Brighton-Hall, West,
and Borrer
Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington-
Harding, Smith, and Co
Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds-
J. Worlledge and Co.
Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms-
grove Bank, Bromsgrove-Rufford, Biggs,
and Co.
Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock and
16,909
Sons
Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam-
bridge-Messrs. Forster% ........................ 38,555
Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and
Co. ............................ . ......... • 24,480
Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-M.orris and
Sons ..... .
Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-Messrs. 149. Coate 3,103
Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round, Green,
and Co.
Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex
Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester
-Mills, Bawtree, and Co 31,213
Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co
Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little and Wood-
-6,655
cock
City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co 16,670
Craven Bank, Settle-Birkbecks and Co.
Christchurch Bank, Christchurch-Tice, Welsh,

11,204

105
6,540

and Co
Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co
Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon-
mouth Old Bank, Monmcuth Bank, Brecon
Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank,
Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co. .
Derby Bank, Derby—Messrs. Evans
Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co.
Derby Ok Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak
Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co— • 14
Devizes and Wiltshire Bauk, Devizes—Hughes
Locke, and Co 9,310
Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co lO,lOO
Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tew.

24,8&7

vntl Co.
Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster—
Cook and Co.
Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton-
on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse, &Co 69,889
Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor-
man
Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank,
Dorchester—Williams and Co.
East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster,

85,403

and Co.
East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hutton.
and Co. ••• 47,419
Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank,
Chelmsford—Watford, and Co. 41.958
Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co
27'946
Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk-
beck. and Co. 20,001
Farringdon Bank and Bank of \Vantage, Far-
ring,don—Barnes and Medley
Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight
Faversham Bank, aversham—Hilton and Co
Godalming Bank, F
Godalming—Mellersh and
lieen ..................
Grantham Bank, Grantham —Kewney and King
Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon
Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and Co
Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder,

5.092
8.373
4,185

5,563

and Co.
Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford—
Matthews and Co.
Hertford and Ware Bank, Ware—S. Adams

11,183
26,183

and Co
Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull
—Smith, Brothers, and Co.
Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting-
don—Rust and Veasey
Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox,Cobbold. and Co
Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead—
Smith, and Whittingstall .....
Honitor. Bank, Honiton—Flood and Co.
Herd° r shire, Ilitchen Bank, Hitchen—Sharples
and Co. .............
kler..tford • Ross, and. Archenfield Bank, and Ross
and Aschenfield Bamk, Hereford—Morgan,
Hoskins, 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 Mercer
Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J
Davies and Co
Knighton Bank Knighton—J. Davies and Co
Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank,
Kna:esborough—Terry and Co
Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson,

22,660

12,898

14,152

18,619

35.620
5,024

24,233

33,068

21,109
18,211

58,062

11.084

and Co.
Kettering Bank, Kettering-0 ot.:;h and Sons..
Langton Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C
llarezy and Son
Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co
Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams, Brown,

15.594
6 365

L 7,366

35,167
7,935

5.010
55,426

36,354

and C ).
Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and
Congleton Bank,Leek—Fowler,Gaunt, and Co.
Lciftester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby... 21,554
Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Nfolineux and C 0.... 27.643
Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Green... 18,543
Lincoln Bank. Lincoln—Smith and Co 77,028
Lampeter Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando•
very —David ,Tones and Co.
Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle-
tons and Cradock
Lymirigton Bank, Lymington—C. and S. St

5,474

-Barbe
Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynnßegis
—Gurneys and Co. 33,012
Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis—
Massey and Co.
Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Broeklehurst

3,305

and Co
'Aanningtree 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—Tanner
and Pinckney 12,230
Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank,
Marlborough—Ward, Merriman, and Hilliet 7,313
Aierionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and

13,881
9,242

Wi11iam5.........
Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co
Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial
—Baileys and Co
Bank, Abemavenny
Monmouth Old Brnk, Monmouth Bank, Brecon
Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank,
and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth
—Bromage and Snead 11,730
Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport
—W. Williams and Sons 7.620
Newark Bank, Newark—Godfreys and Hutton 21,391
Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaforrl and
Newark Bank, S ..eaford—Haudley, Peacock,
and Co
Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny and Slocock 18,054
Newtncnd.
arkaenta sßaonnk, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham -
m
18,230
Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss—Taylor and
Dyson
Norwich—Harveys and
3,421
fiourliicshonCsr.o.
Norwich and Norfolk Banlc *************** au—r". 38'887
neys and Birkbeck .........
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Balk, . 3`'
tingham—liart, Fellows, and Co .
Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Cradd. ...
e... ********* 7,014

5,892
12,109

C 0.............................................
Naval Bank, Plymouth—Harris, Mudge: and

23,843

57,337

3,695

C 0.... .................................................
sew CUM Bank, SarumHetley, Everett, and
S
..........................
Co
Nottine;ham—Smith and Co. 25,731
Nottingham Bank,
Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os-
and Co 10.814
IVE9Ws i, Oxford Oxor—J. and R. Morrell 9,616
• it tWoi'd Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons,
f 'sr-- --aid Co.
. ‘4, Old Bank Tunbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge 31,361
L." 7 I ;', s
~, i • Wells Old Bank, Tonbridae and Tonbridge
Wellsh and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge-
-7‘ ..._ ii?g and Soot .. 7,669
!)1..3.,,_.1 - Oeordshire Vfit
..., rjeY Bank Witney—Willianu,
k , 012914 ink Will. 1014••• H.,

21,315

Average Amount.
Pease a Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and
Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 40,280
Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten awl C 0... 9,274
Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bul,. Peter-
borough—Mesqrs. Yorke 8,595
Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson,
White, and Simpson
Pemorokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest--J. and
W. Walters
Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and
Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven.
and Co
Reading Bank, Reading—Simonas and C 0....... 27,195
Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and
26,135
Co
Richmond Bank, Richmond—Stapleton and Co 5,180
Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and
County of Poole Bank, Ringwood, Ledgard
and Sons
Rochdale Bank, Rochdale--Clement, Royds,
and Co 4,986
Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank ,Roches-
ter—Day and Nicholson 7,293
Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons.:. 13,120
Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son 14,283
Rye Bank. Rye--Curteis, Pomfret, and Co 11,660
Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy-
don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and
Co 9,508
Ross (yld Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard

and Allaway
Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron
Walden—Messrs. Gibson
31,266
Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and
Co 12,193
Scarborough Old Bank, 3carborough—Woodall
and Co
Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and
Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons
and Co 30,043
Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne
—Valiance and Son
Southampton Town and County Bank, South-
ampton —Maddison and Son ... 11,495
Southwell Bank, Suuthwell—Wylde and Co 13,097
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
Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore 3,007
Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge —Rufford,
Wragg, and Co
Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co 13,438
Stamford and Rutland Bank, Staniford—Eaton,
24,935
Cayley, and Co. .......... ""'Bate and
.......
Stourbridge Old BITIIt Stourbridge--Bate
Robins
Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury
—Beck, Downward, and C 0.20,366
St. Alban's and Herti Bank, St. Alban's—Gib-

son and Stuart
Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock 18,637
Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and
Co
Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rol ph, Yates, and
Parslow
Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns-
ford and Barne 7,321
Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton-
shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland 8,455
Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But-
cher and Son
Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S
Percival
Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and
Co. 6,391
Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith,
and Co. 16,351
Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Wells and Co. 6,075
Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick—
Kelynge, Greenway, and Co 22,483
Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox
Brothers
West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract
Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, and Co.
Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap-
man, and Co 11,681
Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win-
chester—Bulpett and Co.
Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester
—Wickham and Co 3,518
Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank,
Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse
Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank,
Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co.
Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech—
Gurney and Co.
Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W
Hancock
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good-
ricke and Holyoake.
Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender,
and Co. 8,750
Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank,
Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 69,793
Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley
and Turner
Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—CharlesFoster and
Sons
Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster—
Everett and Co.
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—
Messrs. Fryer
Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth
and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney,
Birkbe,2k, and Co.
Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great
Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 11,5R7
Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten
York Bank. York—Swann. Clough. and Co 40,283

READING, GUILDFORD, AND
REIGATE RAILWAY.

The half-yearly meeting of this company was
holden at its offices, in the Royal Exchange-buildings,
yesterday, at twelve o'clock, David Salomons, Esq.,
the chairman of the company, being in the chair.
There was but a thin attendance of shareholders.

At the request of the Chairman, Mr. BAILEY, the
secretary, read the following report :
" The directors of this company are happy to announce
to the shareholders at the present meeting that the works
along the entire line of railway which this company is
empowered to construct—viz., from Reading to Ash,
being 20 miles, and from Shalford to Red Hill Station,
being l2f miles, are completed, and ready for opening ;
a certain portion, forming part of the main line, viz.,
from Shalford to Ash, being 6i miles, is under construc-
tion by the South-Western Company; but the directors
have every assurance that such portion will be ready for
opening within the present month, thereby completing
the whole of the line.

" The two extreme parts of the line, viz., from Read-
ing to Farnborough, and from Dorking to the Red Hill
Station, were opened for traffic by the South-Eastern
Company on the 4th day of July last.
" The directors observe with regret that the Brighton
Company intend to assist the Direct Portsmouth Com-
pany in their attempt to make a line from Epsom to
Leatherhead. Situated ai that place is, midway between
Epsom and Dorking, such a line would necessarily
have an injurious effect on the interests of this
company and its lessees. The Brighton Company do
not hesitate to avow in their report that their assistance
to such a scheme is for the purpose of diverting the
traffic from the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate line.
The directors feel assured that this project will fail;
that neither Parliament nor the Courts of Law will
sanction such an unwarrantable proceeding, and it is
the duty of this company to protect their own property
and that of their lessees by every means in their power.
" The half-yearly accounts, which have been duly au-
dited, are annexed.

" The directors have to ask of the proprietors their
sanction to the issue of such an amount of debentures as
may be required to fulfil the engagements of the com-
pany beyond the capital of 600,0001.; for this purpose
the directors propose that such sanction be given tor a
sum not exceeding 50,0001.
" The directors have pleasure in testifying to the great
skill displayed by Mr. Barlow as a practical engineer in
carrying out the works of the line.
"The directors have every reason to hope that when
the line is completed and opened for traffic it will prove
remunerative to the South-Eastern Company.
(Signed) "DAVID SALOMONS. Chairmln."
The accounts annexed to the above report, and
made up to the lath of July, showed the aggregate
amount of receiprs to be 154,524/. 16s. 5d., including
a sum of 48,321/. 12s. 10d., the balance in hand at
the time of the last report. The expenditure amounted
to 137,8191. ss. 111., leaving a balance in band of
16,705/. 10s. 6,1.

The CHAIRMAN said, in asking the meeting to
adopt the report, he had but a few observations to
make beyond those contained in the report itself.
The small attendance there to-day was an evidence,
he presumed he might say, of the confidence of the
shareholders in the direction. At the same time it
showed that there was no difference of
opinion or feeling among the proprietary,
where the interests of all were guaranteed, and
therefore though the proprietary itself was relieved
from the superintendence and responsibility which
necessarily attached to all the shareholders embarking
in a railroad undertaking; yet the report this day
presented some subjects of interest. In the first place,
they were arriving at a termination of their labours.
It was three years since they got their Act of
Parliament, and in the midst of difficulties and
trying times they had expended their capital
advantageously and economically ; they had com-
pleted their line up to the South-Eastern Company,
who would hereafter be responsible for the guaranteed
expenditure on the line. There was a committee
of the South-Eastern Company who superintended
all the outlay, providing therefore for the best audit that
could be introduced. They had approved of the expendi-
ture on the line, and therefore, he thought, no difficulty
whatever could arise as to the amount of expenditure
which had been incurred ; and the shareholders
would henceforward be relieved from all responsibi•
lity as regarded the outlay on the line. The meeting
would observe in the report that the directors had
thought it fit to notice in strong terms an attack
which was about to be made on the company by the
Direct Portsmouth Company, in league with the
Brighton Company, for the purpose of making
a line of four miles from Epsom to Lea-
therhead, by which the traffic on the Reading,
Guildford, and Reigate line would be greatly injured.
The Direct Portsmouth Company had had a Bill for
three years for making a direct line of railway from
Epsom to Portsmouth ; yet they had not even put a
spade into the ground with a view to carry out their
undertaking ; but on the eve or the Reading, Guild-
ford, and Reigate line being opened they had connected
themselves with the Brighton Company in an
unhandsome rivalry to deprive this line of the
traffic from Dorking to Reigate. He was in a pecu-
liar position; he had the honour to be the chairman
of this company, and it was his duty to watch over
its interests; and although the shareholders were
guaranteed from loss by the South-Eastern Com-
pany, yet a moral duty was imposed upon them to
protect, as far as in them lay, the interests of
their lessees.—(Hear, hear) He had an interest in
the Brighton Company to the extent of 9,0001. ;
therefore in the observations he had made he could
not be supposed to be animated by any emnity
towards that company. It became, he thought, a
great public question, whether those contentions
among railway companies ought not to cease, and
whether railroads, like other property, ought
to be based upon the principle of public con-
venience, and whether, affording as they
did to the public great accommodation,
they should not be entitled, under the sanction or
Parliament, to a fair remuneration for the capital
which they had laid out. —(Hear, hear.) With those
observations he begged to move that the report
which had been read be adopted and printed for cir-
culation among the shareholders.
Mr. MOCATTA seconded the resolution.

Mr. CRADDOCK, a shareholder of the South Eastern
Company, could not help thinking that this line would
he a loss to the South-Eastern Company. He consi-
dered it right to ask what steps were to be taken for
the purpose of reducing the expenses of management ?
The CHAIRMAN said that was rather a matter for
the South-Eastern Company themselves to answer
than for him. All that the directors of this line
wished to do was to wind up their affairs as soon
as possible, and to leave the matter in the hands of the
South-Eastern Company.
The resolution was then put and carried unani-
mously.

A vote of thanks to the Chairman having been
moved, seconded, and carried unanimously, the meet•
ing separated.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVER-
HAMPTON.
The adjourned meeting of this company was held, pi o
forma, yesti rday, at the London Tavern, to receive the
report of the committee of investigation, Mr. Rufford,
M.P., in the chair. The advertisement canvening the
meeting having been read,
The CHAntistax stated that, in consequence of the com-
mittee of inquiry not being prepared with their report,
and certain negotiations at present going on, the meeting
would be adjourned to the 31st of August, at which
time the half-yearly meeting of the company would also
be held, for the convenience of the shareholders, on the
same day.
A resolution to that effect was then psssed, and the
meeting separated.