The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-03 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS.

‘FVOI:2 the London Gazette of Tuesday.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth
Victoria, zap. 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 22d day of Jan., 1847:- Average
PRIVATE BANKS. Amount.
Abingdon Bank, Abingdon-Knapp and C 0.., -
Andover Bank:Andover-Heath and Co 8,350
Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret 9,816
ikylahean Bank, Aylsham-R. and G. Copeman 5,332
Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Rickford
and Hunt 32,818
Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswado
13ar.k, Baldock-Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell 26,318
Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Drake and Co 10,498
Basingstoke and Odiharn Bank, Basingstoke-
Seymour, Lamb, and Co 16,865
Bedford Bank, Bedford-T. Barnard
Bedford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford-
Trapp, Halfhead, and Co.
3ewdley Bank, Bewdley-Nichols, Baker, and
Crane
Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford
Bank, Bicester-Tubb and Co.
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Attwoods,
Spooner, and Co 22,238
Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Waning-
, ham---J. L. Moilliett, and Sons... ••••
Blandford Bank, Blandford-Raoard and Oak. 8,021
Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co
Boston Bank, Boston-
Bridgwater Bank, BriaGre and Co
&J. Sealey 7,504
Bristol Bank, Bris
',
tza- Harford, and Co. 31,873
Broseley and Bria
„north and Bridgnorth and
Broseley Broseley-Messrs. Pritchard 20,996
Bttekingh aiu Bank, Buckingham -Bartlett,
Parrott, and Co.
Bury ant'. Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Stow-
Mae•cet Bank, Bury-Oakes, Bevan, and Co. 69,507
Bant:ury Bank, Banbury-Gillett and Tawney. 26,051
Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Messrs. Cobb 38.824
Raft-. City Bank, Bath-Moger and Son
Itedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton
Buzzard-Bassett and Grant 29,937
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and
Lloyds .
Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H
A. and W. M. Harris and Co 11,589
Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 53,195
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.
Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms-
grove Bank, Bromsgrove-Rufford, Biggs,
and Co. --• 15,600
Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock and
Sons
Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam-
bridge-Messrs. Forsters
Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and
Co. 29,652
Carmarthea Bank, Carmarthen-Morris and

6,965

Sons
Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—liessrs. Le, Coste
Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round, Green,

17.176
3,100

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

17,180

35,880
40,716

8,915
13,874
65,383

and Co
Cardiff Bank, CardilF—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 Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak
Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co
Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Hughes,

Locke, and Co
Disc 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
Pevonport 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—Walford, and Co.
Zxeter 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
°Maiming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and

Keen
Grantham Bank, Grantham—Kewney and King
Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon...
Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0....
Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Milder,

and Co.
Hereford City and County Bank, llereford

Matthews and Co. -
Hertford and Ware Bank, Ware—S. Adams

and Co
Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull
—Smith, Brothers, and Co.
ir.untingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting:-
don—Rust and Veasey
Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co
Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead—
Smith, and Whittingstall
Plonitor. Bank, Honiton—Flood and Co.
Hertfordshire, Hitchen Bank, Hitchen—Sharples

and Co.
dereford, Ross, and Arehenfield Bank, and Ross
and Archenfield Bank, llereford—Morgan,
Hoskins, and Co
Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co.
Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk,
Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley
:lank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich—.
Alexanders and Co.
Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall,

1.951
5,483

5,533
13,081
31,955

26,762

10,646
10,273

6.643

G 5,788

62,474

10,236

32,895

85,155

49,083

44.741
23,522

18.452

4,421
11,853
5,401

r 4,948
18.327
11.812
22,544

28,989

15,139

20,630

18,781

42,474
4,824

18,520

31,801

21,462
20,544

74,600

13,410

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—Cl oteh and Sons..
Longtoa Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C
liarroy and Son
Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co
Leeds Union Bank, Lqeds—W.Williams, Brown,
and C). 29,605
Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and
Congleton Bank,Leek—Fowler,Gaunt, and Co.
Leieester Bank, Leicester—Pa gets and Kirby 25,636
Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co 32,486
liichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Green 20,470
Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith and Co 85,187
Lampeter Bank and Llandilo Bank Llando-
very—David Jones and Co.
Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle-
tons and Cradock
Lymington Bank, Lymington—C. and S. St
Barbe
Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis
—Gurneys and Co. 80,422
Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis—
Massey and Co.
Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst
and Co 11,042
Manningtree Bank,Manningtree —Nunn and Co 6,014
Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts
Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl-
borough Old Bank and llun,gerford Bank,
and llungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner
and Pinckney 11,090
Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank

21.353
6,027

18,899

37.273
6,475

5,403
52,736

Marlbortiugh—Ward, :Merriman, and Hillier 8,077
gerionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and
Williams
Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co 15,431
)Nlonmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial
Bank, Abergaventiy—Baileys and Co 24,863
Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon
Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank,
and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth
—Brornan-e and Snead lO,lOO
Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport
—W. Williams and Sons 7,480
Newark Bank, iNewark—Godfreys and Hutton 25,228
Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and
Newark Bank, S leaford—Handley, Peacock,
and Co 47,236
Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny- and Slocock. 19,733
Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham-
mond, and Son
Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss—Taylor and
Dyson
2,343
Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich—llarveys and
Hudsons
Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur-
neys and Birkbeck
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not-
tingham—Hart, Fellows, and Co 9,461
Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddcock and
Co
Naval Bank, Plymouth—Harris, Mudge, and
C 0...
New Serum Bank, Sarum— lletley, Everett, and
Co
Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co. 28,730
Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os-
westrv—Croxpn and Co ........................... 9,852
Oxford 'Bank, Oxford—J. and R. Morrell 10533
Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons,
and Co..— ..............
Old Bank Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge
Wells Cld Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge
Wells and Sevonoaki Bank, Tonbridge—
Benching; and SoLs
Oepulshire Witney BaLk Witney—Williams,
4.4llfith, and Co 8,34G

63,480

8,270

- Avere
Pease's Old Bank, hull, the Hull Oki Bank and Amount.
Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 45,716
Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co 10,138
?eterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter-
borough—Alatms. Yorke
Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson,
White, and Simpson 10,571
Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest--J. and
W. Walters
Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and
Truro Bank. Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven
and Co
Reading Bank, Reading-stmonas and Co 23,947
Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and
Co 24,656
Richmond Bank,:Richmond—Stapleton and Co... 3,407
Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and
County of Poole Bank, Ringwood—Ledgard
and Sons
Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds,
and Co 4,716
Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches-
ter—Day and Nicholson 9,914
Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons... 13,678
Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son 14,049
Rye Bank, Rye—Curteis, Pomfret, and Co 15,874
Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy-
don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and
Co 10,020
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 11,182
Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall
and Co 24,354
Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and
Ludlow Bank, Sh re wsbury—Rocke, Ey tons,
and Co
Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne
—Valiance and Son 3,086
Southampton Town and County Bank, South-
ampton—Maddison and Son 13,379
Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co.
St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's—J. S. Story 903
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 5,674
Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge —Rufford,
Wragg, and Co 14,275
Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co 13,518
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 19,342
Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and
Co 8,490
Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and
Parslow
Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns-
ford and Barne 7,666
Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton-
shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland ll,OlO
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. 9,087
Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith,
and Co.
Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Wells and Co 6,537
Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick—

Kelynge, Greenway, and Co. . 24,464
Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox
Brothers
West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract
Bank, Wake field—Leatham, Tew, and Co.
Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap-
man, and Co 14,210
Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win-
chester—Bulpett and Co.
Winchester and Hampshire Baak, Winchester

—Wickham and Co 4,238
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
Hancock
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good-
ricke and Holyoake.
Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender,
and Co. 9,528
Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank,
Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 71,121
Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley
and Turner
Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—CharlesFoster and
Sons
Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster—
Everett and Co.
Wrexham Bank, Wrexham—S. Kenrick 2,200
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 10,975
Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten 6,328
York Bank. York—Swann. Clough. and Co 40,016

11,404

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.

HOUSE OF LORDS.
NOTICE OF MOTION.
The Earl of Hardwicke—To bring under the consi-
deration of the House the state of the national defences.

110 USE OF COMMONS.

NOTICES OF MOTIONS.-THURSDAY, FEB. 3, 1848.

Mr. Attorney-General—Bill to facilitate the perform-
ance of the duties of justices of the peace out of sessions
within England and Wales, with respect to persons
charged with indictable offences.
_ _

Mr.
Mr. Attorney-General—Bill to facilitate the perform-
ance of the duties of justices of the peace out of sessions
within England and Wales, with respect to summary
convictions and orders.

Mr. Attorney-General—Bill to regulate the holding of
courts of special sessions and petty sessions.
Mr. Attorney-General—Bill to protect justices of the
peace from vexatious actions for acts done by them in
execution of their office.

Lord George Bentinck—Select Committee to inquire
into the present condition and prospects of the interests
connected with and dependent on sugar and coffee
planting in her Majesty's East and West Indian pos-
sessions and the Mauritius ; and to consider whether any
and what measures can be adopted by Parliament for
their relief.

Mr. Hope—ln the event of the success of Lord
George Bentinck's motion for the appointment of a Se-
lect iCommittee " to inquire into the state of the West
India Islands and the Mauritius," to move that this
House will resolve itself into a Committee on the Sugar
Duties Act of 1846. And to propose in the Committee
a resolution to the effect, that it is expedient that,
pending such inquiry, the operation of such clauses of
the Act of 1846 as relate to a descending scale of du-
ties on foreign sugar shall be suspended and held in
abeyance, and that the amount of duties now levied on
sugar shall be levied until Parliament shall have con-
sidered the report of the Select Committee proposed to
be appointed.
Mr. Hastie—Return, showing the name of each rail-
way for which Acts have been obtained in each of the
years 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847; the length of each rail-
way, and how much of the same is now completed; the
amount of capital stock, and the sums authorised to be
borrowed under the several Acts of Incorporation; the
amount of each call made by every company, with the
date thereof, distinguishing the several years in separate
columns, the proportion of each of such calls as have
been paid, and the sums remaining to be paid; the date
and amount of sums borrowed under the several Acts,
and which remain owing, stated also in separate co-
lumns for each year, together with balance of capital
uncalled for, and of money which each company have
still authority to borrow; and the periods for which
any railway company may have definitively postponed
making further calls, with the totals of each.
Mr. Baines—That the petition of the Honourable
Richard Littleton, in relation to the petition of Michael
Coates, touching the return of the said Edward Richard
Littleton as Member for the borough of Walsall, be
printed with the votes.
Colonel Dunne—That the petition of John Sadleir,
Esq., Member for the borough of Carlow (presented
Dec. 20), be printed with the votes.

ORDER OF THE DAY.

Land-tax Commissioners' Names Bill—Second reading

:ORDERS OF THE DAY.-FRIDAY, FEB. 4.

New Zealand Government Bill—Committee.
Supply—Committee.
NOTICE OF MOTION.

Mr. Wakley—To nominate the Select Committee on
Medical Registration and Medical Law.

ORDER OF THE DAY.-MONDAY, FEL 7.
Jewish Disabilities Bill—Second reading.
NOTICE OF MOTION.

Mr. Stafford—On motion for the second reading of
the Jewish Disabilities Bill, to move, as an amendment,
that the Bill be read a second time this day six months.

NOTICES OF MOTION.-TUESDAY, FEB. 8.

Mr. Aglionby—Return of any application made to the
Government of Ireland by the Lough Corrib Improve-
ment Company for the drainage of Lough Corrib, and
of the letter of the Chief Secretary for Ireland, of the
13th day of December, 1847, with its inclosures on that
subject, addressed to Dr. Staunton.
Mr. Chisholm Anstey—Address for papers, " except
such documents as hare been already laid before this
house.";

Mr. Herries-*—To move the following resolutions:—
That looking to the state of distress which has for some
time prevailed among the commercial classes, and to the
general feeling of diatrust and alarm by which the em•
barrassments of trade have been aggravated, it is the
opinion of this House that her Majesty's Ministers were
justified, during the recess of Parliament, in recommend-
ing to the Bank of England, for the purpose of restoring
confidence, a course of proceeding at variance with the
restrictions imposed by the Act 7th and Bth Vic., c. 32.
That this House will resolve itself into a Committee of
the whole House upon the said Act. Resolution to be
moved in Committee:—" That it is expedient that the
limitations imposed by the Act 7th and Bth Vic., c. 32,
upon the Bank of England, in relation to the issue of
notes payable on demand, be suspended, subject to such
conditions as may be provided by any Act to be passed
for that purpose.'
Mr. Aglionby—Return, showing the date of the ap-
pointment of each of the present Masters in Ordinary
in Chancery, with the annual amount of each of their
respective salaries, and when paid ; also, stating whe-
ther any and which of such present Masters are under
any and what Act or Acts of Parliament entitled, upon
retirement, to any and what re tiring pension ; and also
stating whether any and what Masters in Ordinary
have, since the year 1830, retired upon any and what
retiring pension, and (or what periods the same were
respectively paid and received.