The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-23 00:00:00

MONEY-MARKET and CITY NEWS.

LIABILITIES.
Promissory notes in circulation not
bearing interest ...
Bills of exchinge in circulation not
bearing interest ... 312,228 18 1
Bills and notes in circulation bearing
interest
Balance due to other banks ...
Cash desposits not hearing interest
Cash deposits bearing interest

X. 8. d.
69,365 0 0

none.

... 29,902 16 10
... 6,020 9 3
... 322,414 17 0

Total average liabilities
ASSETS.

....£738,952 1 2

f. s. d.
Coin and bullion 34,167 16 S
Landed or other property of the cor-
poration
Government securities ...
Promissory notes or bills of other banks
Balance due from other banks
Notes and bills discounted, or other
debts due to the corporation not in-
cluded in the foregoing heads

1,706 3 9
none.

3,640 9 10
13,161 8 4

... 805,434 3 7

Total average assets ... £858,130 2 2
The head office of the bank was at Bridgetown,
Barbadoes, and it had branches at St. Kitts, St.
Vincent, Grenada, Antigua, Tobago, and Trinidad.
The effect of the suspension, therefore, if it shall be
forced to suspend, will be severe and extensive.
The suspension of Messrs. J. and 11. Iteay, an old
and respectable house in the wine trade, was an-
nounced this afternoon. The actual debts of the firm
are said to be small, the amount being about
20,0001., but from the extent of their dealings their
liabilities in the shape of endorsements on bills are
considerable, and it is from the default of the parties
primarily responsible upon these that the necessity
for stoppage is understood to have arisen. The assets
of the house are believed to show a considerable sur-
plus in the shape of claims, but it is of course impos-
sible to calculate upon the ultimate results of the
liquidation until these claims shall have been put in
process of collection.

Messrs. Lackersteen and Co., East India merchants,
a house whose acceptances were temporarily dis-
honoured on the 23d ult., but who have since been
making every effort to sustain themselves, were com-
pelled this morning, on the arrival of the Indian
mail, to make a definite announcement of their stop-
page, the bills remitted to them being chiefly those of
Cockerell and Co. and of the Union Bank of Calcutta,
whose drafts Messrs. Glyn and Co. declined to accept
about four weeks back. The acceptances of the firm
are stated at a little above 100,0001., and they appear,
after a series of unfortunate circumstances, to have
sustained a heavy blow from the failure of Trueman
and Cook. It is understood that Trueman and Cook
had accepted bills to the amount of 20,0001. on pro-
duce placed in their hands by the firm, 18,0001. of
which became due on the 19th instant., and that
as the maturity of these bills approached,
Trueman and Cook usged the sale of such produce,
on the ground that
.they would otherwise be unable
to meet the bills in question. To this sale Lacker-
steens gave consent, and it took place about a fort-
night back ; Trueman and Cook's failure, however,
followed almost immediately, and it was then found
that the proceeds thus realised had not been set aside
by them for the above bills, but had been merged is
the general assets of their house.
It is said that the firm of Lackersteen and Bro-
thers, of Calcutta will not be compromised by the
suspension of Lackersteen, of London, and it is there-
fore believed it will be able to stand its ground.
At the adjourned meeting of the creditors of
Messrs. Judah Cohen and Sons, held this afternoon,
it was finally agreed that the estate should be liqui-
dated unler inspection. Mr. Silver, Mr. Isaacs, Mr.
Hales, and Mr. White being the parties appointed. As
it was considered that the services of Mr. Albert
Cohen alone were necessary to carry out the liquida-
tion, Mr. Henry Cohen, the other partner, has been
relieved from further active interference in the affairs
of the house.

MELANCHOLY CASE OF
POISONING.

TLIATCHANI, BEERS, —1:1111;AT
' usual quiet of this village has been disturbed this
week by a most melancholy case of poisoning, which
has occurred in the family of Mr. Jenkyns, a farmer,
living near the water-side. The unfortunate person
is Mary Jenkyns, a daughter of this farmer, who was
living with her parents and sisters.
It appears, from the inquiry we have made, that
Mary Jenkyns had, been quarrelling with one of
her sisters about a young man who had paid his ad-
dresses to her. The sister, it is stated, had been ac-
cused by Mary of having endeavoured to supplant
her, but this was denied, and Mary being a person
of hasty temperament, sought to frighten her sister
by taking a quantity of arsenic, and this she did on
Monday morning last. Towards the evening of that
day Mrs. Jenkyns saw that her daughter was _
un-
well and depressed in spirits, and asked the cause
her indisposition. On this inquiry the
creature, who had evidently suffered
during the day, then informed her mother
angry words had passed between
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patched for medical assistance, and shortly afterwards
Dr. llemsted and Mr. Lamb, of Newbury, and Mr.
Arrowsmith, of Thatcham, were in attendance, and
every remedy which medical skill could suggest was
adopted, but the poison had beer taken too long to
enable them to remove it from the stomach. Inad-
pdai tiino,n soughtto t h ist,o the young
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gwoman, when seized with
by
taking a dose of Ep-
som salts. The medical men have been unremitting
in their attentions to her, but from the first they
despaired of her recovery, and the poor creature lin-
gered from Monday until yesterday morning, when.
death relieved her from suffering. The deceased is
about 20 years of age.

—AMWAY DEPARTSOF
THE BOARD OF
TIIE P
TRADE.—It is stated that the Commissioners of Rail-
ways will bring in a Bill to extend the time of completion
o_f
_all railways under contract for three years. Those
ls which have received the sanction of Parliament,
and which are not commenced, will be postponed for
considerable period. A Bill aught also to be introduced,
giving the shareholders much more extensive powers to
control the acts of their directors than they now possess.
No contracts ought to be entered into, or calls made.,_
without being submitted to and receiving the sanction of
the, shareholders. The case of the Birmingham ana
Oxford directors clearly proves that directors can place
their shareholders at defiance, and evade Acts of Parli!s-
ment with impunity; but, it is understood that the a-
way Commissioners have determined that the Rally ;ay
Gauge Act shall be maintained in its integrity, and '.that
the broad gauge shall be confined to its present limits.
Era.
The forms for perfecting the petition acrainst the
return of David Urquhart, Esq., and Thomas Sidney,
Esq., the members for the borough of Stafford, wrre
completed to-day, and the petition will be presented: VII
the laous© of Commons pU Thwaday next.—Observer.,

CITY, MONDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—The Bank of England intimated this
morning to parties applying for discounts that the
rate would now be 7, instead of 8, per cent., and,
owing to this, the English Funds have experienced a
considerable rise. Consols opened at 84i to 4, and,
under the influence of some large sales, receded to 84.
At that point the market continued dull until the
course adopted by the Bank became known, when an
advance took place, and the quotation reached 84k.
Towards the close of business, however, the market
slightly gave way, on account of difficulties which
transpired in connexion with the iVist India Bank,
and the final price was 84i to 1. For the 18th of
January Consols began at 84i to 85, receded to 84i,
and closed at 85i to
The Countess of Lonsdale steamer, from Ham-
burgh, has brought between 15,000/. and 16,000/, in
gold. By the Giraffe, from Rotterdam, not more
than 3001. has come. The Soho, from Antwerp, has
brought no specie.
We are glad to understand that the transactions
between the Union Bank of Madrid and Messrs.
Magniac, Jardine, and Co., have been for many
months past contracted within a very narrow com-
pass. With regard to the prospects of the liquidation
of the Union Bank, it will be impossible to form any
conjecture until the conduct of Mr. Bagneres, the
managing director, who is at present under arrest,
on a charge of abstracting the funds of the bank,
shall have been ascertained by a formal investi-
gation.
The drafts of the West India Bank were to-
day refused acceptance by their agents, the Union
Bank of London, the reason being that the West
India Bank had, against the repeated and emphatic
warnings of the manager of the Union Bank, con-
tinued to make purchases of the bills of Higginson,
Dean, and Stott, of Barbadoes, on Barton, Irlana,
and Higginson, of Liverpool, to an extent that was
certain to prove dangerous. The capital of the con-
cern, which was established about two years back, is
only 120,0001., but its liabilities are very large, and
wholly disproportioned to this amount. Exchange
operations constitute one extensive feature of the
business carried on, and the bank is said to hold no
less than 80,0001. of the paper of Barton, Irlam, and
Co. Its cash deposits held on interest are very large,
and it also issues notes. Judging from the last
balance-sheet presented, dated August 27, 1847, a
copy of which we subjoin, the general affairs of the
institution appear to have been conducted in a most
unsound manner, the cash in hand to meet 413,5401.
of notes in circulation, balances due to other banks,
and deposits from customers, being only 34,1671., or
less than one-twelfth of the amount :
WEST INDIA BANK.
(Incorporated by Royal Charter.)
A Return of the Average Amount of Liabilities and
Assets of the West India Bank during the period
from January 1 to June 30, 1847.