The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-25 00:00:00

CITY PRIVATE BANKS.

Those who have taken an interest in the operation'
of banking and currency trade, scarcely imagine theinr;
portant results that have followed the establishment or
the " Clearing House," as respects the facilitation of
the business, alike convenient to the private bankers of
the City of London, to the merchants, and to ths
trade in general. It would scarcely have been cre-
dited that, by a mere representation of value in the
shape of bankers' cheques and bills of exchange (prin'
cipally foreign), that in one comparatively small apart-
ment, near the old Post-office, in Lombard-street,
business in one year should have been transacted by the
passing of crossed cheques and bills to an amount fully
equal, if rendered into hard cash, to pay off the national
debt. Such is, however, the fact, astonishing as it may
appear. The returns to which we wish to draw atten-
tion, have been furnished in pursuance of an order
from the Select Committee of the House of Commons,
which has just terminated an inquiry into " Banking
and Currency " matters, with a view of reporting r°
Parliament a plan for the better arrangement of bank'
ing throughout the United Kingdom. This return
will, we think, surprise many of the theoretical writers
upon such subjects as those to which we have alluded.
At present we need not go into any minute detail ase
respects names ; but we will vouch for the accuracy or
the facts hereafter stated. In the year 1840, the
amount of cheques and bills passed through the Clear'
ing House " by

Messrs. Barclay and Co. wa5...X107,000,000 11
Messrs. Glynn and Co 105,000,000 1
Messrs. Jones, Lloyd, and Co 104,000,0001
These three firms, in the aggregate, cleared, it will
be thus seen, very nearly 316,000,0001. It would, we,
think, be rather invidious to state the other names 0'
those (3f banking firms of the city of London, who are
entitled to the privileges of the Clearing House; but we
may class them with advantage, and sufficient to afford
interesting information to those vOlo are desirous of i"
telligence upon the subject. The amount cleared in the
last year by Messrl. Masterman, and Messrs. Re'
bests and Co., was from 85,000,000?. to 86,000,000/4
by Messrs. Barnett, Smith, Payne, and Smith,
and by the Messrs. Williams and Co., from 46,000,0001•
to 66,000,000/. The othei• private banking firms of tbe
City, entitled access to the " Clearing House," range i°
classes from 25,000,0001. to 45,000,000/. ; and the
lowest on the list are from 3,000.000/. to 8,000,0001'
In all, the amount of money passed through the Clear
log House," in the year 1840, by the Private Banking
firms of the city of Loudon—(of course, Joint-stock
Banks excluded)—amounts to rather over 860,000,00'
On a future occasion, we shall- be enabled to commune
cats some other interesting details on this highly into'
resting subject.—British Queen.

THE MARKETS.
PRICE OF BREAD.
The highest rrh e of tiredd L. the Metropolis is 914 d. for:the 411 g.
Loaf. Gad Bread may be had at 734 d.
PRICES OF SEEDS.
Per Cwt. I Per Quarter.
New English /Leo C10ver...56s 845 St. Fcin .... _s ...I --4
Old L itco DIN) —5 —s —s' Rye Grass —s ...s ''''
New Foreign Ditto......—s 565 805 Pacey Grass s ...41 ..-41
--
~‘,. ,4s
oid Ditto Ditto —s s—s Linseed, for feeding ...—o ~40. "cos
New White Clover 46s ses 63sr Ditto, for sowing .—o D.' Fps
Old Ditto Ditto .—s 42s 46a'Ditto, for crushing „..-5 46s 4.,
...
Nov Trefoil —s 20a 445'Hemp ..s 4211 4"
Old Ditto —a IN 368:Canary „—s 9031°°i
Trefolium —s 48s 70s1 Per Bushel.
English Carraway —s 50s slsWhite Mustard .... t2s Od to 15: Gla
Foreign Ditto —s 445 508 Brown Ditto 143 od to 174 v,,d
A
Coriander —s s —s,Tares 6s Cd IC 104"

PRICE OF OIL.
Rape Oil, brown, per ton £43 10
Ditto, refined
Linseed Oil 2B IQ
Lins,rd Oil Cake at the Mill (per 1000) l2 /V
rtai e . ake. per ton 6 15
PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 1121 b.
Town Tallow £2 b 6 Melting Stuff al 1
Yellow Russia
White l' 0 0 Graves . ..... ................... 0 16
Soap Ditto 0 0 0 Good Dregs —....„ ........ 0 5
PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of Sibs.
Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) ....... ..... "ss. S3,id'
COAL MARKET.
Ships arrived since last market .days 104. aa, d. a. „
Buddle's West Hartley l7 6 Walis End Newmarch ....... 17 i
Carr's Hartley lB 0, Walls End Riddell's. ..... ... 19, 0
liolyweil Ma n IS 3' W.IE. Braddyll'sHett-on ... 2,.; 5
New Tanfield Moor • 15 0 Walls End East Hetton .... I' t,
Smith's Pontop l5 0 Walls -End Hetton ............ 22 0
Tanfied Moor 2O 01 Wall,, End Lambton —. .. ... 11.2 9
West Wylam ... 16 0 Walls End Russell's Hetlon t'l ,
Wylam ... .
Walls Ediewicke'and Co l9 9 Malls End*Seymour '
Tees... 12 6
Walls End Clennell

CITY OF DUBLIN REGISTRY. Upon the
present sessions the Liberals have gained 81. 'rile
Liberal majority in the city of Dublin is noW over-
whelming.
THE WILTSHIRE FLOODS. SUBSCRIpTION..°°°
The Committee appointed to super_ intend this subscrir
tion have published their re-port of the reeei?"',,
and expenditure. The total amount subscribed was
4,1451. 13s. 2d. ; and the
and small farMers—all Mats to cottagers, tradesmen,
Of whom have been fully indem-
nified—amount, with 'expenses, to 3,0701. 15s. 7d. It
must be borne in ro
from the actual ar
, aount of damage sustained ; the
muniue
indi-
vidual ;.nd, however, that this is very far
ence of Lord Ashburnham and others
having made
sons being extensive sufferers whose position in lire rend
dered Oar
good much of the damage, and many per;
'
The av is b°
rplus n hand—namely, 1,0741. 17s. 70.., to
m ineligible to participate in the subscription)
app" ipriated to the erection of substantial cottages `.:
zo'-‘ewton and each of the ravaged villages, under the
„0,„
r,,dition of trustees, who are to apply the rents thereat!'"
thf; purchase of coals and blankets, to be annually illji
t'ibuted to the poor on the anniTersay of the dreadlo
'clood:

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From T. J. Pettigrew, Esq., Surgeon, F.R.S"
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opposite the York Hotel, and 76, King William-street, Bank
t°
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,"
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:ec
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with "
SETS of PLATED CORNER DISHES, ; eis
or without Warmers. The price of the Set of Four DISHES,
or
and Covers, without Warmers, varies from Eight to the
Guineas. The Warmers are from Five to Nine Guiness_,
let. Engravings of the various patterns will be forward.-Atro
free, if application is made, pest paid. The dishes are come the
themselves without warmers, and the handles take °'"
covers thus forming four extra dishes when required.
T. COX SAVORY, 6,01
Silversmith, &c., No. 47, Cornhill (Seven loom
Grechurch-street), London.

STEEL FIRE-IRONS, with Bronzed oat
15s. per Set, Bronzed Fenders, Vs. A variety 4)'
terns and prices, from the above-to 305., at which for°
fenders are particularly handsome, with splendid scroll cellt' •
richly intermixed with steel, the ends are steel, aad the St%
porters for the fire-irons bronzed. Pilished steel fir e.iro
from 4s. per set.
Catalogues gratis, containing the prices of every article 0„
Furnishing Ironmongery.
RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxford-street-
Established 1820.

BIRTHS.
On the 21st inst., in Gordon-square, the lady of Barnard
Watson, Esq., of at
inst. , g
On the 21s da
the lady, of Henry Wilson, Esq., of St°°'
langtoft, Suffoinst. lk, ef a son.
On the 22d ,at Clapham.rise, the wife of W. P..•
chardson, of a daughter. witst
On the 22d inst., at Putney-heath, tho lady of W.
Esq., of a daughter.
On the 2.ad inst., the lady of Francis Brown Lloyd, r'.l ,
M.D., of Myddelton-square, of a daughter, still born

MARRIED. gav
On the 22d inst., at Trinity Church, Sloane-street, the ',ll.
Charles Grenfell Nicolay, to Mary Ann, eldest daughter 0.
13. Raven, Esq., of Sloane. street. fi•
Oti the 22d inst., at Sit. Dunstan's-in-the-West, bar'
Tiool, of Queen-street, Cheapside, to Louisa Emma, e'"
daughter of Mr. Stephen Sweet, of Chancery-lane

DIED.
city the 14th inst., at Oporto, John Wye, Esq., of that O
O A°
n the 9th inst., at King's Newton, Derbyshire, _ov,
Mar ia, widow of the late J. Capper, Esq., of Southampton.'"
Bloomsbury.
On the 21st inst., Henry William, third son of the Rev
Elms, Itchingfield, Horsham, Sussex, aged 15.
On the fast inst., Sarah, the wife of Jeremiah Rosher,
of Crete Flail, Northfleet, Ken., aged 72. od
On thi3 f22cl inst., in Portland- lace, Susanna Brougho
of Anthony Brough, Esq. P 5011
On the 22d at Portsmouth, Frederick Richard, yeunges•
of Car otain Basil Hall, R.N , aged 5. 1,1,.
o.i the 2`'d inst., in Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, '"*.
Will :inson, aged 71. v
O n the 23d inst., in Arlington-street, the Hon. Henry
char d Molyneux, Lieutenant-Colonel of the 60th Rifles' J-341,,
0 n the 23d inst., Emeline Susan, wife of John Sharpe,
sirs eon, aged 32.
n the 24th inst., at Cumberland-terrace, Regent's:l'
Gea rge Pocock, Esq. f 01'
On the 22d inst., at St. Leonard's-hill, the infant son o
ham Bernard Harcourt, Esq.
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