The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-08 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS.

(From the London Gazette.)
Au Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth
7ictoria, zap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank
Notes, or the several Banks of Issue in England and
Wales, in Circulation daring the Week ending Satur-
day, the 27th day of March, 1847 : Average
PRIVATE BANKS. Amount.
Abingdon Bank, Abingdon—Rnapp and Co.. 24,291
Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and C 0... 17,054
Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 10,787
Aylsha.n Bank, Aylsham—R. and E. Copeman 6,063
Aylesbury Old Bank, kylesbury—Rickford
and Hunt 41,610
Baldock Bank and Ba:dock and Biggleswade
Bank, italdock—Wells, Hogg, end Lindsell... 36,230
Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple- a-ake and Co. 15.308
Basingstoke and Odihatv. Bank, Basingstoke—
Cole, Seymour, and Co.
Bedfotd Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard
Bedford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford—

Trapr, Halfhead, and C 0.....
Bewdley Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and
Crane
Bicestet and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford

7,572

Bank, Bicester—Tubb, Wootten, and Co. 26,616
t3irmingham Bank, Birmingham—Attwoods,
Spooner, and Co 23,887
Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming-
ham --Lewis, Moilliett, and Co . 17,370
marlittord Bank, Blandford—Bastard and Oak. 8,305
Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co 72,995
Boston Bank, Boston—Gee and Co 14,699
Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—E. &J. Sealey 10,058
Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harford, and Co. 37,199
Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and
Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard 23,943
Buckingham Bank, Buckingham —Bartlett,
Parrott, and Co. . 25,548
Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market
Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co.
Banbury Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney. 40,457
Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb... 50,595
Baer. City Bank, Bath—Moger and Son 3,407
Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton
Buzzard—Bassett and Grant 37,608
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and
Lloyds
Bradtord Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H
and A. Harris
Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co —
Britlport Bank, Bridport—S. and W. E. Gundry 23,856
Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West,
and Borrer
Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington—
Harding, Smith, and Co 12,916
Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds—
J. Worlledge and Co
Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms-
grove Bank, Bromsgrove—Rufford, Biggs,
and Co. 17,642
Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and
Sons
Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam-
bridge—Messrs. Forsters
Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and
Co•••••
Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and

3,395

22,880

30,715

Sons
Chcrtsey Bank, Chertsey—Mersrs. La Coste 3,382
Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round, Green,
and Co.
Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex
Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester
Bawtree, and Co
Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co
Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wood-
Cietyocßkank, Exeter—Milford and Co
Craven Bank, Settle—Birkbecks and Co.
Christchurch Bank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh,
and Co
Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co
Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon-
mouth Old Bank, Monmc uth 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 Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak
Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co
Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Hughes,

41,426
47,304

9,539
21,554
77,009

2,353
6,816

8,454
13,788
43,991

27,211

Locke, and Co
Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co
Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tew,

17,989
10,566

and Co.
Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster—
Cook and Co.
Dover Union Bank, Dover—:Lathana, and Co
Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton-
on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse, and
Co
Devonport Bauk, Devonport—Hodge and Nor-

12,096

59,466

81,655

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.
I,7,sattac Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank,
Chelmsford—Walford, and co.
Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co.
Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk-
beck, and Co.
Varringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far-
ringdon—Barnes and Medley
I Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight
Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co
Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and
Keen
Grantham Bank, Grantham—Kewney and King
Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Hayden...
Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0....
Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder,
and Co.
Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford—
Matthews and Co.
Hertfordshire Bank and Ware Bank, Ware—
S. Adams and Co.
Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull
—Smith, Brothers, and Co.
Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting-
don—Rust and Veasey
I larwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co
Hemel Hempstead Bank. Hemel Hempstead—
Smith, and Whittingstall
Koniton Bank, Honiton—Flood and Co.
Hertfordshire, Ilitchen Bank, Hitch en—Sharples
and Co.
(len:ford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross
and Archenfield Bank, 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—
Alexarders 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,
Knaresborough—Terry and Co
Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson,
and Co.
Kettering Bank, Kettering—G etch and Sons...
Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C
Ilarv;:y and Son
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.
Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby
Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co
Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Green
Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith and Co
Llandovery Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando-
very—David Jones and Co.
Low_rhborough Bank, Loughbr

10,900

43,270

111,459

49,668

57,994
33,220

19,130

8,999
13,612
5,627

6,084
19,424
13,413
27,362

32,702

19,003

22,579

19,967

53,523
5,657

22,550

_ ign
tons and Cradock
Lymington Bank, Lymington—C. and S. St
Barbe
Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis
—Gurneys and Co.
Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis—
Massey and Co.
Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst
and Co
Manningtree Bank,Man ningtree—Nuna 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
Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank,
Marlborough—Ward, Merriman, and Hillier
Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and
Williams ..
Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyums and Co
Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial
Bank, Abergavenny—Baileys and Co
Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon
Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank,
and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth
—Bromage and Snead
Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport
—W. Williams and Sons
Newark Bank, Newark—Godfreys and Hutton
Newark and Sleaford Bank, and. Sleaford and
Newark Bank, Newark—Handley, Peacock,
and Co
Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny and Slocock.
Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham-
mond, and Son .
Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss—Taylor and
Dyson
Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich—Harveys and
Hudsons 43,792
Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur-
neys and Co
70,557
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not-
tingham—Hart, Fellows, and Co 8,895
Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddcock and
Co
5,251
Naval Bank,
,Plymouth—Harris, Mudge, and
C 0...
27,111
New Serum Bank, Sarum—Hetley, Everett, and
Co • .. 14,011
Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co. 28,994
Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os-
westry—Crox on and Co 14,821
Oxford Bank, Oxford—J. and R. Morrell 13,479
Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons,
and Thompson...
Old Bank Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge
Wells-Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge
Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge—
Beaching and Sons... .................. 9,854

loroug,

23,386
20,795

78,860

16,480

24.40'
7,937

20,280

42,793
9,202

5,406
51,041

35,495

486
30,467
40,883
19,797
88,3C7

23,621

iddle-

7,155

4,063

40,947

13,640

12,257
6,626

14,932

12,188

7,925
17,802

26,888

16,050

7,676
27,971

53,385
35,150

20,523

2,725

• Average Amount
Oxfordshire Witney Bank Witney—Williams,
Clinch, and Co
Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and
Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co
Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co
-l'eterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter-
borough—Messrs. Yorke
Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson,
White, and Simpson
Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—j. and
W. Walters
Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and
Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven
and Co
Reading Bank, Reading—simonas and Co
Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and
Co
Richmond Bank, Richmond—Stapleton and Co
Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and
County of Poole Bank, Ringwood—Ledgard
and Sons
Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds,
and Co
Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches-
ter—Day and Nicholson
Romsey and Hampshire Bank, Romsey—Foot-
ner and Son
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
Co
Ross (Ad 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 and Market. Drayton Bank, Shrews-
bury—Adams, Adan.s, and Co
Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and
Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury--Rocke, Eytons,
and Co
Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne
—Valiance and Son
Southampton Town and County Bank, South-
ampton—Maddison and Son
Southwell Bank, Sou thwell—Wylde and Co
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
Stourbridge Ban's, Stourbridge —Rufford,
Wragg, and Co
Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co
Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton,
Cayley, and Co.
Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and
Robins
Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury
—Beck, Downward, and Co.
St. Alban's and Herts Bank, St. Alban's—Gib-
son and Stuart
Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock
Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and
Co
Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and
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.
Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick—
Kelynge, Greenway, and Co.
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
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,
Wirkeswnrth—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.
Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank,
Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co
Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley
and Turner
Whitby Bank, Whitby—Frankland and 'Wil-
kinson
Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and
Sons
Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster—
Everett and Co.
Wrexham Bank, Wrexham—J. and S. Kenrick
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—
Messrs. Fryer
Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth
and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney,
Birkbeck, and Co.
Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great
Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co
Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten
York Bank. York—Swann, Clough. and Co
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Bank of WestmOreland, Kendal
Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley
Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 46,043
Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver-
hampton
Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven
Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad-
ford .... 17,659
Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union
Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent
Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking
Company, Chesterfield
Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work-
ington .
Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com-
pany, Cheltenham
Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company,
Coventry
Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 16.035
County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel-
tenham
Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company
Carlisle
Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 19,828
Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company,
Dudley
Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 19,919
Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com-
pany, Darlington 24,876
East of England Bank, Norwich
Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 160,184
Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 18,106
Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 34,795
Hull Banking Company, Hull 29,345
Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13,089
Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com-
pany, Halifax 35,745
Helston Banking Company, Helston 1,455
Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 24,847
Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company,
Knaresborough 27,943
Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,720
Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 62,830
Leeds Banking Company, Leeds
Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester
Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 52,106
Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking
Company, Leamington Priors
Leeds and West Riding Banking Company,

11,738

46,255
10,795

10,242

11,816

12,190

37,361

41.338
5,942

11,206

4,175

9,823

15,238
15,661
21,489

11,216

4,136

41,631

19,679

22,520

9,893

43,214

3,0 4 0

16,560
13,893
2,740
24383

8,774

0,008
6,368

16,517
14,522

31,709

16,346

25,521

2,292
26,490

12,929

10,105

13,065

10,947

12,725

10,410

15,029

26,078
10,354

27,854

3,421

43,333

13,785

21,320

6,106

15,413

35,772

61,913

7,073

9,873

13,033

83,720

12,483

19,38

24,354
2,900

9,523

49,580

12,445
8,393
44,338

9,510

Leeds
Leeds Commercial Banking Company, Leeds 336
Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,295
Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank-
ing Company, Nottingham 28,960
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking
Company, Nottingham
Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint-
Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 76,126
National Provincial Bank of England, Birming-
ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street,
London
North Wiltr. Banking Company, Melksham 62,901
Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 84,091
Northamptonshire Banking Company, North-
ampton
North and South Wales Bank, Liverp001....... 60,114
Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Lei-
cester
Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 2,457
Sheffield Bankiil2; Company, Sheffield 34,274
Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com-
pany, Stamford
Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset- 55,418
shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang-
port
Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall
Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Coin
,r 425
pany, Stourbridge
Sheffield and 1191 lamshire Banking Company, 22,002
Sheffield
Sheffield and• Rotherham Joint-Stock Bankir' 52,098
Company, Sheffield
yCo:""
Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking t
...... 48,870
Richmond.. , g Com-
Stockton and Durham County Bank
............
pany, Stockton...... Company,
Storey and Thomas's 8ank;;,,... 9,873
Shaftesbury afield
....... 755
Sheffield and Retferd Bank, iiiwich ............... Suffolk Banking Cornpany.ishire Banking Com-
Wolverhampton and Staff .........
Union Wakefield 3143:812152
pany,Wolverhamp",
Wakefield and Barzt-:xk Banking
Company;
31,352
Whitehaven
•;iir_gton Banking Company,
WhitehavenWarwick and 114
Leamington
81141 South Wales District 36,082
West of Erglaiv
Bank-Bristol.

Average Amount.
Wilts anal Dorset Banking Compan,,,, Salisbury 75,651
West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud-
dersfield
Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company,
Whitchurch
Worcester City and County Banking Company,
Worcester... .
York Union Banking Company, York 71,075 •
York City and County Banking Company, York 90,196
Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds
P. DEANS, Registrar ef Bank Returns.
Stamps and Taxes, Apri 2, 1847.

ASCENT of MR. GALE'S BALLOON.
The public curiosity, which had become more than
ordinarily excited by the announcement of the intended
cent of Mr. Gale, in a balloon of a novel construction,
from the grounds of the Rosemary Branch Tavern, at
Pef:kham, was gratified yesterday. Mr. Gale, whose
name, though new in this country, as an aeronaut, is
well known in New York, and on the continent, ascended
at six o'clock, in a splendid balloon, made of silk ma-
nufactured in Spitalfields, and of the largest dimensions,
being capable of containing 34,000 feet of gas. This
aerial machine has been already described, and it is,
therefore, needless again to set forth wherein it differs
from the old and somewhat antiquated machines hitherto
employed in voyages through the skies. It has reser-
voirs to receive the disharged gas, is of a lighter con-
struction as to the car, and is less encumbered with
grapnels and other apparatus, and has an improvement
in the valves and other more minute parts. The ink-
tion was commenced at ten o'clock, with a pressure of
five inches, the gas being supplied by the Metropolitan
Gas Company, and measured by means of one of De-
frie's dry gas meters, of' which the accuracy and the ex•
cellence are most surprising. By three o'clock, 28,900
feet of gas had passed into the balloon, and it was in s
,fate to ascend ; but as the hour advertised for the
ascent was later, and as much company was expected to
arrive about five o'clock, the ascent was postponed till
later hour. Every preparation was made, and amongst
other accessories a capital barometer, made by Messrs.
Home and Thornthwaite, by which altitudes can 1/0
measured at the distance of three miles from the earth
with great accuracy, was placed in the car.
The ascent was a grand one, many thousands being
assembled to witness it, all of whom cheered Mr. Gale
and his sole companion, Mr. Byrne, as they mounted in
the air. The balloon took a direction south-easterly,
passing, as far as could be conjectured, over the districts
of Norwood, and making over those of Blackheath'
When at an immense height in the air, Mr. Gale lowered
from the car in which he and his companion were seated
another car, which having descended about 25 feet, Mr.
Gale made his way into it by means of a rope ladder.
This perilous exploit was beheld with astonishment, not
without fear, by the spectators, but was performed 10
an admirable manner, and the aeronaut having reached
the lower car in safety, sent off a sort of shell or fire'
work, composed by Mr. Mortram, of well-known pyro-
technic celebrity, which exploded with a very loud re'
port, and then proceeded to discharge a series of shells
or petards, attached to the lower car, but which de'
scended a considerable way before they burst, and pre
vented any danger to the balloon.
This ascent is certainly a curious variety in aerosts'
Lion, and removes the monotony of a parcel of people
going up in the clouds at dusk and coming down a little
after dusk, to the amusement of nobody but themselves,
and the indifference of all but the very idle and igricr
rant. From the construction of the double car a number,
of experiments may be attempted, and some aid afforded
to science. It is fair to say that the arrangements were
well made, and that praise is due to Mr. Smith, the
proprietor of the grounds, for the manner in which the
whole was conducted.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, Aram 7.
STOCK ExctrANGa.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting"
ham and Boston, % dis.—Birmingham and Oxford Juno'
tion, 81/ p.—Eastern Counties, 19—Ditto, York Extensioll
3Gdis.—East Lancashire, New Scrip, 11/s p. —Edinburgh and
lasgow, Quarters, 173/4—Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.)'
New, 1% p.—Great Western, 171. Shares, 314 p.—Hudderr
field Canal and Railway, 21/. p.—Lancaster and Prestoll.
Quarters, 14 —London and North-Western, 175—Ditto, N.°
Quarters, 10% p.— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnsh_,ire'
(late Great Grimsby and Sheffield), 51/s dis.—Midland, 41r,
Shares, 331; p.—Ditto, New, 23/4 p.—North Staffordshire, 2$
p.—North Union (B), 15—Northern Counties Union, 2 clis;
—Preston and Wyre, Halves (B), p.—Shrewsbury arD.
Chester (late N. W. M.), 41/8 p.—South-Eastern and Dover,'
New (No. 4), fis. 3d. p.—South Yorkshire, Doncaster an
Goole, par— Wharfdale (late North-Eastern), 14_
York and Newcastle, Preference, 3% p.—Dutch Rheft'
2 dis.

MANCHESTER, APRIL 7.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Birkenhead, Lair,
cashire, and Cheshire, 1/8 dis.—Edinburgh and Glasga"
Halves, 9—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction!
Xs Great Northern, 7-16—Huddersfield and Manchestif
.ailwav and Canal, 2 5-16—Ditto, Thirds, %—London
North-Western, 176—Manchester and Leeds, Halves, 91/4:f:
Ditto, 321. Shares (late Extension), VA—Manchester, S" A
field, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, I%—Ditto, Sheffield an;
Lincolnshire, 1%8 c.—Manchester and Southampton, 159;na
North Staffordshire, 2 13-16—Oldham Alliance, 54--" Pres—•
and Wyre, Sixths, s%—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (BP
Dover,
9d.—Shropshire Union, 1 5-16—South-Eastern and
3614—Ditto, No. 4, 5-16.

LEEDS, Aran, 7.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are—East Lancashire, Nef!
245. p.—Great North of England, New, 10s. dia.—Leo'
and Thirsk, n. dis.—Ditto, New, 15s. c.
ference, 255. 6d. p.— London and Brighton and South Cow'
Fifteenths, 3s. p.—Malton and Driffield Junction, 12a. 6d.t
—Manchester and Leeds. 321. Shares (late Extension), 2,
p. —Di t to, West Riding Union, 28s. 6d. p.—Manchester, BO"
ton, Matlock, and Midland, 6s. p.—Newcastle and Bet'
wick, New, WI p.—North British, Thirds, 465.
Extension (scrip), 21. 14s. 6d. p.—Northern Counties up!
375. dis.—North- Western, 7s. 6d. dis.—Wharfdale Juuctio
ss. dis.

SHEFFIELD, APRIL 7.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottio.s
ham, and Boston, 6s. ed. dis.—East Lincolnshire, 2% P.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby and sti
mia
field), 375. dis.—Ditto, Docks, VA (Sheer
and Roth erham ), 32 1/2 —Northßritish, Thirds,' 2% rt. •,`oole,
Staffordshire, 234p.—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, Oa ‘1
Is. Gd. dis.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, APRIL 7. 4
1/...
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are,—Midland, 1157;
West Riding Union, p.—York and Newcastle, 9p.
HULL, APRIL 7.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern untie*
York Extension, 135. dis.—North British, Quarters, 76t,..,
Ditto, Extension Scrip, 13s. p.—Fiackburn, Clitheroe,
Preference, 255. p.—North-Western, 1/2 dis.—Wrest
Union, 30s. p.

EDINBURGH, APRIL 6.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 271. 175.,161,
-Airdrie and Bathgate. 31. 18s.-Arbroath and Forfar, ...
.1 0 "..
155.-Ditto, Halves, 151.-Ayr and Galloway, 2/. ls. not
Caledonian, 261. 15s-Ditto, New, 21. 7s. 6d.-Caledonit
and Dumbartonshire, 21. 2s. 6d.-Clydesdale Junction, °lj,
53.-Deeside, 31. s.-Dunblane, Doune, and Callenderio,
12s. 6d.-Dundee and Arbroath, 42/. 10s.-Ditto, New: 0,
30L-Ditto, New, No. 2, 301.-Ditto, New, No. 0,.41
155.-Dundee and Northern Junction, 2/. 93.-Dundee
Perth, 381.-Ditto, New, 19/. 17s. 6d.-East of Fife, tir
165.-East Lothian Central, 2/. 165.-Edinburgh and Ba
gate, 61. 102.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 711. 15s. ex dil'•
Ditto,e%
Halves, 191. 15s. ex div.-Ditto, Quarters, 1814
div.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 20/. 2s. 63.--m.'
Preference, 211.-Ditto, New, 2/. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, Quarteo,
it,
14s. 93.-Edinburgh and Northern, 161. 55.-Ditto,
31. 17s. M.-Ditto, Newport, 71. l ls. 6d.-Ditto, ditto, T 1
2/. 128.-Edinburgh and Perth (New), 3/. 2s. 6d.--P,T".01
Halves, It '
25.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 62L-Ditto, g,
Stock, 381.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 51. 55.-Ditto, ditto,ls°:ol
BL-Ditto, Quarters, 16/. lOs -Glasgow, Dumfries, ft
Carlisle, 5/. 155.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 39/.-Glas9l,
General Terminus, 121. 55.-Glasgow and Greenock, Tf,
-Ditto, Halves, 9L-Ditto, Preference, 8/. 53.-Glar
Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 5/. 18s.-Great North of „fat
land, 2331. 10s.-Great North of Scotland, 21.
es
Northern (late Direct Northern). 3/. 95.-Ditto (late Lcol."ttp,
and York), 3/. 95.-Manchester and Leeds, 1081.--,D01,...
Sixteenths, 81. 55.-Newca,tle and Berwick, 27/. /0,
North
.-D
British, 321. 15s. ex div.-Ditto, Halves, 151.;6.0
6d.-Ditto, Quarters, 3/. 19s. 6ditto, New CP:lib*
(scrip), 11. 75.-Ditto, Thirds, 31. Bs. 6d.-Ditto,
6/. 155.-Scottish Central, 221. 17s. 6d.-Scottish (-lay
Junction, IL la.-Scottish Midland, 20/. 155.-Sbrews
and Hereford, 1/. 12s. 63.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry,ferTa.
Chester, 81.-Ditto, New, 1/. ls.-Stirling and Viotti/
line, 4/. 2s. 6d.-Stirling and Midland, 2/. 7'6, 14/. 15s•
and Coltness, 491. ex div.-York and Newcastl',.__Direel
-Ditto, New, 15/. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, Preference, °' North
Bombay and Madras, 45.-East Indian, Bs.-Great „Jo.
India, 35.-Great Southern of Madras, 35.-Madras,
lore, and Arcot, Is. 9d.

GLASGOW, APRIL 6. t,
STOCK t xcatAxGE.—The sales are—Airdrie and 16 %0
M""^, Ltrn•
Central, Wis.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, -- roj
burgh and Perth (New Co.), 595. 3d.—Glasgow Ge,n„ze,„..
Terminus, 131/2—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 6i_ysini.
Ditto, Quarters (5 per cent. guar.), 1514—Glasgow,
fries, and Carlisle, 5/. 16s.—Manchester and Southanig,t‘
283 —Midland, llalves, 4%—Scottish Grand Junction, '4,10,
6d.—Stirling and Dunfermline, as. —York and Newest'
Preference, 151.

Viscount Palmerston left town yesterday afternoon°
a visit to her Majesty Windsor Castle.

BIRTHS. the
On the sth inst., at De Coigny House, Leamington'
wife of IL Charles Fawley, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 6th inst,
at Westbourne-street, Hyde-parks
Walter T. Fawc t,
of a daughter. k 210'
On the 6th iv' r•, in Chester-terrace, Regent's-park, 111111
William Benet, of a daughter.
_......

daughtr MARRIED.
on the pt inst., at Christchurch, Hants, Henry 101114„113
4
Esq. of jasinghall-street, London, solicitor, to Mary, secji
of Mr. W. Lipscomb, late of Sherborne, Dorset'

DIED.

the 6th inst., at Rottingdean, Thomas Beard, sfl't
80 years.
On the sth inst., in Queen Anne-street, Cavendish-803re'
..he Right Hon. Joseph Planta, aged 60.
On the 25th ulf., the Rev. M. Hughes, Kildare, 1re10'3%4
On the 27th ult., at Bonn, on the Rhine, Major flei;:gi
Jones Grove, K.H., late of her Majesty's 80th Regiment
Foot, aged 63.
On the :31st ult., at Shackerwich House, Captain dal--
me
Burdett NM, half-pay 71st Regiment.
On the 3d inst., at Chavenage House, near Tetbury, c3loll'
cestershire, Mary Anne, widow of the late Rev. J. PnelPg: of
On the 4th inst., at the Mount, Harrow, Justina, wife
William Mackenzie, Esq., aged 47. On the 4th inst., at Haslemere, P. Williams, Esq., aged 9'
.
On the sth inst., Baldwin Duppa Duppa, Egg., of 1101,'"'
d
bourne House, a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant, age 66
—, ~,,
On the sth inst., at Brighton, Abraham Goodman, De:
aged 67 ; also, on the 15th ult., Rosetta, his wife, aged
Ott the sth inst., iu New Bond-street, Mr. Charles Lem
caster, aged 61.
On the sth inst., at Frimley, Surrey, Captain Abraham'
On the sth inst.' Ann, relict of the late Richard Walbarov
Esq., of Clay-hill, Enfield.
ant
At Brussels, Palmyra, the widoW of the late Lieuten
Francis Crowther, of the 80th Regiment.

London: Printed lola Published by 111-ITRDO YOUNG, of No. 16
Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Pad a,
of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex, Thuradar, AO/
1847.

'MOLD ESTATES AT BRADFORD
IN THE COUNTY OF YORK.
pursuant to a Decree of the
if CHANCERY, made in a cause of
the approbation of Sir GIFFIN WILSON,
!cl Court, at the Talbot Inn, Bradford, in
at Lots, sonic time in the latter part of
_winning of June next, of which due no-
'reehold ,nd Leasehold Estates, consisting
with Mills, Warehouses, Reservoirs,
mildings, and other Premises, situate in
In Bowling, near Bradford, in the county
iy Messrs. William Rouse and Sons, as
ted manufacturers.
Ins of sale are in the course of preparation,
I (gratis) at the said Master's oflice in
iancery-lane, London ; of Messrs. Hawkins,
Aoxam, New Boswell-court. Carey-street,
Chaneery• lane ,nessrs. Walter and Pemberton, Symonds' Inn,
, solicitors ; of Mr. William Wells, Bradford, soli-
citor ; of Mr. Richard Tolson, of Bradford, solicitor ; of Mr. Joseph
Smith, of Bradford, land-agent and surveyor; of Mr. George Thomp-
son Lister, of Bradford, auctioneer ; at the place of sale ; and at the
Principal Inns at Bradford, Leeds, Wakefield, Halifax, and Hudders-
field.

ROYAL ASYLUM of the ST. ANN'S
SIETY.
A SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of this CORPORATION will
0? kolden at THIS OFFICE, on FRIDAY, the 16th instant, at Two
(2eicek In the Afternoon, exact time, to consider prep, sed Additional
Rewards to Former Pupils, and Alteration of the Half-yearly Elec.
'.'0115 from Thursday to Friday, and on other Affairs. -
By Order,
E. F. LEEKS, Secretary.

2, Charlotte-rovr, April 7, 1847.

STEAM to ABERDEEN, INVERNESS, and
The the NORTH of SCOTLAND.
nal Aberdeen Steam Navixation Company's splendid and power-
,:ulipa will start as under, weather, &c., permitting :
April "
10 ABERDEEN, the DUKE of WELLINGTON, on Saturday,
at Four o'clock afternoon.
__Nor INVERNESS, the NORTH STAR, on Monday, April
19, at Nine morning, calling off Burghead, Invergordon, Cromarty,
and Chanonry Point.
The Company's New Iron Steam Ship DUKE of SUTHERLAND,
aPPolnted to leave Inverness on the 19th, and London on Monday,
the 26th April, at Ten A.X.
Offices: Spread Easle, Regent-circus, or 257, Wapping,.
CHARLES WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY, Agent.

LONDON to BOULOGNE.—The Commercial
Steam Company's favourite Vessels, CITY of BOULOGNE
et EMERALD, will leave London-bridge Wharf:—
Sunday, April 11, 7 morning.
Sunday, April 18, 1 morning.
Sunday, April 25, 7 morning.
And every succeeding Sunday, according to tide.
Offices-17, Fish-street-hilt; 67, Lower Thames-street; and Chap-
lin's Universal Office, Regent-circus.

EASTER HOLIDAYS.
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
LECTURES in illustration of ANIMAL MECHANISM, by
T. Rymer Jones, Esq., F.R.S., Professor of Comparative Anatomy at
King's College, Mornings and Evenings during the week. The
9YMNOTUS ELECT RICCS, or ELECTRICAL EELS, exhibited
in a TRANSPARENT VESSEL. LECTURES on ARMSTRONG'S
HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE, by Dr. Bachhoffner. The WORK-
ING MODELS and MACHINERY clearly explained. The varied
Optical Effects inched. a New series of DISSOLVING VIEWS.
Experiments with thAdixria-BEr.4. mai DIVER, dtc., &a.
la. Scheots,hatf-price.

puiLHAßmoNic SOCIETY, HANOVER-
SQUAR E ROOMS.
PROGRAMME of the THIRD CONCERT, MONDAY EVENING
NEXT :—Shafortia in D (.Mozart)—Duetto, Mr. Manvers and Signor
F. Lablache—Concerto, Pianoforte, in F Minor, Mr. W. S. Ben-
nett— Terzetto, " Tremate," Madame Caradorl Allan, Mr. Manvers,
and Signor F. Lablache (Beethoven)—Overture, Preciosa (Weber)—
Slnfonia in C Minor (Beethoven)—Air, Madame Caradori Allan
(Auber)— Concertaute, Messrs.Blagrove and Willy (Spohr)—Over-
tare, Lodoiska (Cherubini).

Conductor, Mr. Costa.
Single tickets, One Guinea, and double tickets, 11. 10s., to be had
of Messrs. Addison and Hodson, 210, Regent-street.

THE ST. JAMES'S CHESS CLUB, No. 23,
NEW BOND-STREET (three doors from Conduit-street),
s now OPEN for the reception of Noblemen and Gentlemen.

SUN-B L IND S, in Great Variety, RICK-
CLOTHS, BUNTING, and NETTING for fruit-trees, &c., at
THOMAS EDGINGTON and Co.'s, 17, Smithfield-bars, and Old
Kent-road, Manufacturers of Marquees and Tents of all dimensions,
Rick-cloths, with Poles, Flags, flexible water-proof cloths, for
railway trucks, waggons, coaches, &c. ; Tarpanling for packing
goods for exportation. Tents and Tarpaulings for colonists and for
hire.—Address, 17, Smithfield-bars.

DOWN with CHEMISTRY in connexion with
MEDICINE.—DOCTORS and their MEDICINAL POISONS,
such as Prussic Acid. Laudanum, Arsenic, Strichnine, &c.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU-
RANCE SOCIETY.
OFFICE, 26, CORNLIILL, LONDON.
Capital 500,0001.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
The system of Deferred Annuities, originally proposed by the Na-
tional Loan Fund Life Assurance Society, for the better advance-
ment of the objects of Benefit and Friendly Societies, having received
the approbation of a considerable body cf the active members and
officers of those Institutions, arid the Directors of the National Loan
Fund Society having been urgently solicited by them to establish a
Branch Office in connexion with those Societies and the Operative
Classes generally, in which their services might be successfully en-
gaged, a Committee has been sanctioned by the Directors to open
communication with the different Societies, with the view of more
effectually disseminating the valuable benefits amongst the indus-
trious classes, and a plan has been proposed with that object.
ADDRESS OF TIIE COMMITTEE.

Many praiseworthy but ineffectual attempts have been made to
bring within the scope and operation of the laws of mortality and
money the savings of the industrious classes, as well as various cal-
culations regulating their distribution, having for their object either
immediate, contingent, or deferred benefits.
A slight examination, however, will demonstrate that the con-
struction of these associations or societies is defective; and that in-
stead of affording an easy access and a free choice of investment,
which. should be the privilege of every one, they confine too oar-
. rawly the abuts:el . through wiskti a benefit can alone be secured;
and, in proportion as their action is circumscribed and embarrassed,
their utility is limited. For example, it is not to every individual,
or to every class amongst the industrious community, that provision
in case of sickness is an object of such importance as to call for a
Peenitiary sacrifice • while to others such a provision appears more
attractive, and the loss of employment caused by sickness is a risk
against which they desire to be guarded. For this anomalous state
of things there is an effective and simple remedy; that is to say,
instead of covering, by one weekly or annual payment, two or more
contingent or deferred benefits, so to arrange it that each separate
benefit should have its separate contribution.
It is to not having observed this rule, and to the association of
two dissimilar funaions, and by confounding a sick allowance and
an annuity fund in one and the self-same payment, that much of the
evils and mismanagement has arisen amongst Benefit Societies.
No mechanism can be so perfect for the management of a sick-
ress-fund provision as that afforded by the constant sectional asso-
ciation and watchfulness of the several members composing it. By
this means a thorough and constant check is mutually exercised, and
none but the really sick are likely to become chargeable upon it.
But the sane perfection, or the same security, is seldom attainable
where a fund is to be accumulated through a succession of years,
and where results are to bear oat calculations, money investment
being in general beyond the experience of the industrious classes.
For these reasons it is clear that the funds destined for a provision in
sickness should bo kept entirely distinct from the fund intended as a
provision for old age :-
Ist. Because tke laws of sickness and mortality, though apparently
connected, do not depend on the same calculation.
2d. Because there are a great number who, in order to secure a
larger provision in old age are willing to take the risk of providing
for probable sickness on themselves.
3d. Because the responsibility of managing a provision for old age,
continued to a distant period is, in a great measure, incompatible
with voluntary associations, fluctuating laws, and individual irre-
sponsibility, and more exposed to a failure in the performance of
such a contract, that when undertaken on the same principles that
ordinarily govern commercial ',iodic:.
4th. Because the expenses of providing for sickness must, when
united in the same payment with provision for old age, tend to dimi-
nish still more this provision : nor is it wisdom or good policy to en-
danger the one for the sake of the other.
Impressed with these convictions, and with an intimate knowledge
of the discussions passing within the bosom of many of the existing
Friendly and Benefit Societies, the parties whose names are here-
unto attached, have had several meetings, with a view of proposing
or adopting a remedy for those and other evils ; and in this manner
to give an additional force to the principles of brotherhood, unity,
and mutual aid, on which friendly societies are based, by guarding
them from the risks of sudden dissolution.
After much diligent search amomst the combinations ingeniously
proposed from time to time for the attainment of one of the principal
objects of Friendly and Benefit Societies, they have found none equal
in simplicity and comprehensiveness of design, as well as forethought
and sympathy for the wants of the industrious classes, as the plait
proposed by the National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society. It is
true that the author of that plan has furnished an argument against
provision in sickness; but, without concurring in the immediate ex-
pediency of abandoning a provision in sickness, no one can read the
other part of the plan itself, without being fully sa'isfied that the
convenience and safety of Friendly and Benefit Societies will be
greatly secured and consulted, by separating the payment of a sick
allowance from an annuity for old age.
A deputation having waited on the directors of the National Loan
Fund, who met in the handsomest manner the overtures made to
them for the establishment of a separate office for the transaction of
business connected with Friendly and Benefit Societies, and the in-
dustrious classes in general, resolutions have been entered into, con-
stituting the undersigned as a Committee, with power to add to its.
number, for the promulgation of the benefits contained in the an-
nexed prospectus, under the guarantee of the Capitol of the Society,
and which, without interfering with the numerous objects connected
with the institution of Benefit and Friendly Societies, will in their
opinion greatly enlarge their sphere of utility, and afford a protection
to the working classes in old age and adversity, which nothing up to
the present day has adequately secured to them.
Thomas Burthom, F. 0.8., Ancient Order of Foresters.
John Fussell, C.R„ Ancient Order of Foresters.
John 11. Gordon, D.S., Ancient Order of Foresters.
James Hale, D.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters.
Henry Hunt, P.G., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows.
Joseph Nugent, rm. C.s., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows.
Joseph Reeks, 13-.0.F. Order of Old Friends.
Samuel Timbrell, D.d.R., Ancient Order of Foresters.
DEFERRED ANNUITIES.

Example.—A person aged 24 next birthday, by the annual pay-
ment of 11. Gs., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payments
of 2s. 2d., may secure, on attaining the age of 60, the option of re-
ceiving Annuity, 10/. 19s. 23. ; Cash down, 1071. 3s. ; or a Policy
on his Life, 1371. 17s.
Example.—A person aged 2G next birthday, may secure, on at-
taining the age of GO, an Annuity of 101., with the other options, by
the annual payment of 11.65. 93.. or a single payment of 22/.178.33.;
or on payment of 61. 145. 3d. for disparity, he will be entitled to
the same benefits by an annual payment of 18s. 1 id., the same as
or age 20.
Examplc.—A person aged 30 next birthday, by the annual pay-
ment of 1/. 65., or quarterly payment of 7g., or monthly payment
of 2s. 23., may secure on attaining the age of 65, the option of re-
ceiving Annuity, 181. Os. 4d.; cash down, 1431. 125, ; or a policy on
his life 1751. 1 is.
Exanude.—A person aged 35 next birthday, by the annual pay-
ment of 11. 65., or quarterly payment of Is., or monthly payment
of 2s. 23., may secure, on attaining the age of 65, the option of re-
ceiving Annuity, 181. Os. 4d. ; cash down, 1481. 12s. ; or a policy on
his life, 175/. 1 Is.

LEAS]
t ' 412 • LING,
• IR OLD,
• " - 7.11 OURT of
'1 I 1 . ROUSE," with
otp 6 •
„Masters of the sa•
Y of York, in Sevet
It, •• t
_'','P nth of May, or the be;
IkS 4 will be given, certain Fe
several pieces of Land,
eam-engines, Yards, Outbu
e town of Bradford, and In
• o fYOT k, lately occupied by
Worsted spinners and worste(
Particulars and conditions
and may shortly be obtained
Southamptan-buildings, Chan
Bloxatn, Stocker, and 131 ox
London, solicitors; of Ifessr.