The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-17 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 4th day of August, 1849:- Average
PRIVATE BANKS. Amount.
Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and CO 11,603
Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret 9,915
Aylsham Bank, Aylsham-R. and G Copeman 5,459
Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Bickford
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, Basingstoko-
Seymour, Lamb, and Co ..... 15,679
Bedford Bank, Bedford-T. Barnard
Bedford and Bedfordshire Bans, Bedford-
Trapp, Halfhead, and Co.
Bowdley Bank, Bewdley-Nichols, Baker, and
Crane ............
Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford
Bank, Bicester-Tubb and C0............ 11,201
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Atteroc ds,
Spooner, and CO • ..... 22,485
Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming-
02
ham -J. L. Meilliett, and Sons ............. .•.. 13.1
Blandford Bank, Blandford-Bastard and Oak. 8,002
Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co ...... . ...... 55,122
Boston Bank, Boston-Gee and Co. ............... 8.055
13ridg drater Bank, Bridgwater-J. &J. Seale). 5,219
Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Harford, and Co. 32,201
Broseley and Bridgnortb, and Bridgnorth and
Broseley Bank, Broseley-Messrs. ritcard 19,559
Buckingham Bank, Buckingham- Pritchard 19,559
Bukingham Bank, Buckinghata_Btlett,
Parrott, and Co. •
Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Stow
Market Bank, Bury-Oakes, Bevan, and Co 62,506
Banbury 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-H
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 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 and Co.
Bromsg,,rove 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. Forsters
Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and
24,480
Co. ............................ . ................. .
Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-Morris and
14,410
Sons .................................................
..
Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-Messrs. Coste
Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round, Green,
14,725
and Co.
Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex
Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester
-Mills, Bawtree, and Co
Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co
Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little and Wood-

6,166

12,190

11,204

31,213
34,104

cock
City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co
Craven Bank, Settle—Birkbecks and Co..
Christchurch Bank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh,

6,655
16,670
71,045

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 Oh', Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak
Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and C 0...,
Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Hughes,
Locke, and Co
Di ss Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham, and Co
Doncaster Bank, Doncaster-Leatham, Tew,
and Co.
Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster-
Cook and Co.
Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton-
on-Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse, & Co
Devonport Bank, Devonport-Hodge and Nor-
man .........................
Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank,
Dorchester-Williams and Co.
East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Foster,
and Co.
East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower, Hutton,
and Co.
Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank,
Chelmsford-Watford, 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 and Medley
Farnham Bank, Farnham-Messrs. Knight
Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co
Godalming Bank, Godahning-Mellersh and
Kean
Grantham Bank, Grantham-Kewney and King -
Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydn 11,183
Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and Co 26,189
Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smith, Hilder,
and Co. 22,660
Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford-
Matthews and Co.
riertford and Ware Bank, Ware-S. Adams
and 14,152
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 5,024
Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead
Smith, and Whit tingstall ......
Honiton Bank, Honiton-Flood and Co.
Hertford shire,Hitchen B ank, Hitchen-Sharples
and Co. 33,068
Hereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross
and Archenfield Bank, Hereford-Morgan,
Hoskins, and Co 21,109
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 6 365
Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank,
Knaresborough-Terry and Co
Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson,
and Co. 35,167
Kettering Bank, Kettering-Gotzh and Sons 7,933
Longtoa Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C.
Harvoy and Son
55,426
Leeds Bank. Leeds-Beckett and Co
Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W.Williams, Brown,
and C).......... .
Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and
Congleton Bank,Leek-Fowler,Gaunt, and Co. -
Leioester Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby 21,584
Lewes Old Bank, Lewes-Molineux and Co 27,643
Lichfield Bank, Lichfield-Palmer and Green 18,543
Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith and Co 77,028
ampeter Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando-
very-David Jones and Co.
oughborongh Bank, Loughborough-Middle-
tons and Cradock
Lymington Bank, Lymington-C. and S. St
Barbs
3,305
Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis
-Gurneys and C 0.....
Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis-
Massey and Co.
Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brooklehurst
and Co 13,881
Manningtree Bank,lilanningtree-Nunn and Ca 9,242
Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts
Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl-
borough Old Bank and Flungerford Bank,
and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough-Tanner
and Pinckney 12,230
Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank,
Marlborough-Ward, Merriman, and Hillier 7,313
Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Jones and
5.892
Wilams....•••
Miners' Bank, Truro-Wll Yams and Co 12,109
Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial
Bank, Abergavenny-Baileys and Co 23,843
Monmouth Old Brak, 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, Nowark-GodfreY s and Hutton 21,391
Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and
Newark Bank, S Leaford-Haudley, Peacock,
and Co ....
_Newbury Ban-c;;............................... . 46,454
Newbury-Bunny and Slocock. 18,054
Newmarket Bank
Newmarket-Eaton,
mond, and Son Ham-
Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss-Taylor
and 18,230
Dy50n........................ -
Norwich Crown Bank, Norwia; ..... 3,421
Hudsons .......................... arveYs and
.
Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich-Gur-
neys and Birkbeck
krottingham and Nottinghamshire n Not-
tingham-hart,57,337 Fellows, and .............. 7
's,
ni
Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton-Craddcoek and "-'
C 0...................................................... 3,695
Naval Bank, Plymouth-Harris, Mudge, and
New Serum Bank, Co arum-Hetly, tt, and
CO ................................. ..• 11,945
Nottingham Bank, Nottingham-Smith and Co 25,731
Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os-
westry-Croxon and Co
Oxford Bank, Oxford-J. and R. Morrell .....
Oxford Old Bank, Oxford-Robinson, Parsons,
andC0...... .......................................... 31,36'
Old Bank Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge
Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge
Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge-
Beeching and Sons...
Oxfordshire Witney Back Witney-Williams,
glilkallo%ll4 CA..; Um ye 10,473

7.960
9,919
26,620

24,857

9,310
10,100

51,797

69,889

10,433

41,330

85,403

47,419

41,958
27,945

20,001

5,092
8,373
4,185

5,565

5,474

21,315

7,669

Average Amount.
tease s Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and
Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 40,280
Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and. C 0...
Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank.. Peter-
borough—Mossrs. Yorke
Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson,

8,595

White, and Simpson
Pemorokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J• and

W. Walters
Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and
Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoveu.

and Co
Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co
Beading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and
Co
Richmond Bank, Richmond—Stapleton and C 0...
Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and
County of Poole Bank, Ringwood... Ledgard

4,415

and Sons
Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds,

and Co
Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank ,Roches-
ter—Day and Nicholson
Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons...
Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son
Rye Bank, Rye—Curteis, Pomfret, and Co
Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy-
don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and

7,114

27,1.95

26,135
5,180

9,178

4,986

7,293
13,120
14,283
11,660

Co
Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard
and Allaway
Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron
Walden—Messrs. Gibson
Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and
Co
Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall
and Co
Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and
Ludlow Bank, Sh re wsbury—Rocke, Ey tons„
and Co
Sittingbourne and Miiton Bank, Sittingbourne
—Valiance and Son
Southampton Town and County Bank, South-
ampton—Maddison and Son
Southwell 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

9,508

3,987

31,266

12,193

19,785

30,043

2,130

King -
Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp- I
0
ton—Atherly and Fall ........................... 3 3,67
Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore ..................... ,007
Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge—rd,
Wragg, and Co . . ."Stevenson
11,791
Stafford Old Bank, Stafford and Co 13,438
Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—... Eaton,
Cayley, and Co. ......................... 24,935
Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and
Robins ......... . .........
Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury
—Beck, Downward, and Co. 20,366
St. Alban's and Herts Bank, St. Alban's—Gib-
son and Stuart
Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock 15,63
Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and
Co
Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and

8,495

Parslow
Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns-
ford and Barne
Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton-
shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland
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
Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith,
and Co.
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
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
llancock
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good-
ricke and Holyoake.
Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender,
and Co.
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.

6,484

7,32

8,455

12,25

7,814

6,38

4,289

3,518

8,750

2,335

Wolverhampton—

Wolverhampton Bank,
Messrs. Fryer
Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and lialesworth
and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney,
Birkbeck, and Co.
Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great
Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 11,587
Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten
York Bank. York—Swann. Clough. and Co 40,283

40,605

CAMERON'S COALBROOK STEAM
COAL AND SWANSEA AND LOUGHOR
RAILWAY.
The adjourned half-yearly meeting of the pro-
prietors of the above railway was held yesterday
at the offices of the company, in Moorgate-street, for
the purpose of receiving the directors',report. Only
ten shareholders and two directors were present,
and although they were sufficient to constitute a
meeting,
Mr. SMALLBONES, one of the principal proprietors,
suggested a further adjournment. He objected to
the report and past proceedings of the directors,
but in the absence of the directors who bad taken the
most active part in the management of the under-
taking, he did not feel himself at liberty to make any
observations, or submit any proposal to the meeting.
Mr. WRIGHT moved that Captain Northcote do
take the chair, which was seconded and agreed to.
The minutes of the previous meeting were then
read and confirmed.
Mr. WRIGHT wished to know if the accounts sent
out to the shareholders included the amount due to
the solicitors P
The CHAIRMAN said it did not. The solicitor's bill
of costs was ready to be sent in, he understood, but
he could not say what the amount would be.
Mr. WRIGHT complained that the accounts had not
been audited.
The SECRETARY explained that-the reason they had
not been audited was this, one of the auditors had dis-
qualified, while the other had declined to act.
Mr. STRELLY, the auditor last referred to, said he
refused to audit the accounts because he could not
understand them.
Mr. WRIGHT said the account was illegal and
could not be received.
Colonel BAINES pronounced the proceedings of the
company, from beginning to end, to be fraudulent
and irregular. Formerly there were 150 shareholders
in the concern,,
but sixty of them had been allowed
tooensecyar
That he
he considered,labilitybyp yinwgasamtorsitfluinngfaisr.um of
m
Mr. ELDERTON said the money paid by the share-
holders had enabled the directors to pay off most
of the liabilities, and now a very small sum
only was required to discharge the remaining out-
standing debts. All, then, that would be wanted
would be the railway transit, and there were two
modes of obtaining it. If the South %Vales could
raise the money to continue their line on to S wansea,
an expenditure of 2,0001. would give their collieries
a direct communication with
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Mr. WRIGHT said the money amounted to 26,779/.
Now, what banker would lend them money with that
debt over their heads. He wished to know how the
shares stood ?
The SECRETARY said the shares of the company
numbered 20,000, but only 4,000 were held by the
public—the others were in the hands of the company.
Mr. WRIGHT suggested that under these circum-
stances they had better re-sell the property to the
vendor.
After some further discussion,
Mr. HOWDBN stated, that if the line to Llanelly
could be made the collieries could be worked to yield
10,0001. a year. Now the expense of the company
would be about 3,0001., so that, in point of fact, if
once they obtained the railway they would receive
an actual profit of 7,0001.
It was ultimately resolved that in order to meet the
exigencies of the company the board of directors be
recommended, if possible, to borrow sufficent money
to pay the debts that must be paid.
The vacancies in the direction were then disposed
of, and the auditors appointed for the ensuing year.
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the
meeting terminated.