The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-15 00:00:00

WRIGHT AND CO.'S BANK.

Mr. Anthony G. Wright Biddulph, the senior partner
in the house of Wright and Co , Henrietta-street, Covent-
gareen, Lai published the following letter to the Editor of
one of the Journals:—
" Sir,—From a misconstruction of it passage in my
brother's circular to the creditors of our late firm in lien-
rietta-strcet, in which he says generally that ' his oartners7
(weaning the acting partners) had constantly remonstrated
with him on the subject of his proceedings, I find that
some persons have been lcd to belieyc that I, as the senior
partner, bad joined in the remonstrances in question,
and was consequently acquainted with the situation of
the house. This, however, is a mistake. By the arti-
cles of partnership I was exempted from all share in the
management or the concern; and by my health, which
for three years has confined me to my home in the coon.
try, I have been rendered unable to enter into any active
examination of its affairs.- In the meantime I have been
furnished with no accounts. I never heard of the remon-
strances or of the uneasiness of the other partners. No-
thing, in fact, connected with its concerns was ever come
municated to me ; and, es a pers.on writing in some of the
other Journals and signing liiintelf ' A Creditor," has
truly stated, it Nw.s not u.itil I heard from one of the clerks
that the house had actually suspended its payments that I
ever r. ceived the slightest. intimation either of danner or of
difficulty in the eftablisliment. Yet 1 wish to utter r.a re-
proach. The injury that has been inflicted or; my for-
tunes
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y characterrsdure euttcseh. 1
stain;
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:lone that I have now ventured t;o intend
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public.
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a place in }our columns, 1 am,
" Trusting that you will have the goodness to afford this
Sir, your obedient servant,
" ANTHONY G. WRIGHT BIDDULPH•
" Burton Park, Dec. 10, 1840."

11 USSI AN LOAN.—Arrairgemerits have been
made in Harnburgh for the negotiation of a new Russian
loan. The principal portion of the money will of course
be raised in London. What may such a movement on
the part of our great northern rival, portend ? Is it the
prelude to war ? Or is it the—consennencc of our succc see
oAnutthoeeracot tistto olofoitSyria ? H
about ans of strengthening
fur
stbthee fa of of Acre induced the
essyt,stscymm.ptoms of
loan-mongers in the British money
The success of foreign loan-1
Sebastopol, and adding to the efficiency. of his navy ?
theunsoundness
industrial usstrtr°inagl
market appears
would never 1 regarded as a " stir.
scope, our labourersis
industry and honest enterprise ofb the country had full
otourusdoOmneesotfie
cultivated,
ofcapital lack '
and immense masses
plus population" •hilo our land is imperfectly .
home market affords, that leads to the success of foreign
It is, of course, the desire of a larger per ventage
the
loans—and to the distress, which has so often overtaken
the holders of parchment equivalents for British gold !
Morning fierobl. .
Earl De la Warr has arrived at his seat in Cam
bridgcshire from Sussex.
It is generally rumoured in the Clubs tha
amongst the honours and promotions which her Majesty
will be advisol. to grant after the approaching settlement
of the Eastern affairs, Viscount Palmerston will be raised
to the dignity of Marquis.
1 Sir E. Alostyn has been appointed one of the
Deputy-Lieutenants for Fiintshire, in which county he
possesses extensive property,
One hundred and fifty-five thousand letters and
newspapers have passed through the ship-letter depart..
i meat of the Liverpool Pcst.othee in 32 days—from this
1 6th November to the 7th of December,