The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-28 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS.

An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth
Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank
Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and
Wales, in Cirealation during the Week ending Satur-
- day, the 15th day of March, 1856 :-
Average
PRIVATE BANKS. Amount.
Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co
Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret 11,057
Aylsham Bank, Aylsham-G. and T. Copeman 3,849
Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Z. D. Hunt 31,045
Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade
Bank, Baldock-Wells, Hodge, and Co 34,278
Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Marshall and Cc 9,548
Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke-
Seymour, Lamb, and Co.
Bedford Bank. Bedford-T. Barnard and Sons 31,389
Bewdley Bank, Bewdley - Nichols, Baker,
and Co
Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford
Bank, Bicester-H. M. and G. Tubb 15,207
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham -Attwoods,
Spooner, and Co 21,322
Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir-
mingham-J. L. Moilliet and Sons 8,756
Blandford Bank, Blandford-Oak and Co. 7,365
Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 70,787
Boston Bank, Boston-H. and T. Gee and Co 14,339
Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-J. and J. L
Sealey
Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Miles, and Co 36,229
Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and
Broseley Bank, Broseley-Pritchards, Boy-
cott, and Co.
Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Par-
rott, and Co.
Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and
Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds-.
Oakes, Bevan, and Co.
Banbury Bank, Banbury - Gillet, Tawney,
and Co.
Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Cobb and Son 24,624
Bath City Bank, Bath- G. Moger and Son
Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton
Buzzard-Bassett, Grant, and Co , . 35,197
Birmingham Bank, BirminghamTa,ylor and
Lloyds
Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H
A. and W. M. Harris and Co.
Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 57,929
Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West,
and Borrer
Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington--
Harding, Smith, and Co 12,180
Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds--
J.Worlledge
Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock &Co 15,793
Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam-
bridge-Messrs. Fosters 47,789
Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and
Co 30,622
Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-David Morris
and Sons 21,077
Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-La Coste and Son 3,028
Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round & Green 17,905
Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and
Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank,
Colchester-Mills, Bawtree, and Co 31,975
Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co 43,527
Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little & Woodcock 7,038
City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co 19,330
Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbecks, and
Co 69,655
Cardiff Bank, Cardiff-Towgood and Co
Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon-
mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon
Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank,
Chepstow-Bromage, Snead, and Co 8,230
Derby Bank, Derby-W. and S. Evans & Co. 10,363
Derby Bank, Derby-Samuel Smith and Co 35,992
Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak
Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co
Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locke
and Co 8,510
Diss Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincharn, and C 0... 10,393
Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster
-Cooke and Co
Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton
on-Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse &Co 81,973
Devonport Bank, Devonport- Hodge and Co 8,356
Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank,
Dorchester---R. and H. Williams 46,305
East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Fos-
ter, and Co 77,063
East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower and Co 48,806
Essex ,Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank
Chelmsford-Sparrow, Round, and Co 45,535
Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 24,659
Fakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk
beck, and Co

Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far-
ringdon-Barnes, Medley, and Co 6,567
Farnham Bank, Farnham - Messrs Knight
Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co 6,085
Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and
Keen
Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon 13,739
Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and Co 27,261
Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smith, Hilder,
and Co.
Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford-
Matthews and Co.
Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford-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 Veaseys
Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and
Co.
Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hernel Hempstead
-Smith and Whittingstall
Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin -
Sharpies, and Co.
Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and
Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford--
Morgan and Co
Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co.
Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk,
Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley
Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich-
Alexanders and Co.
Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall,
and Co.
Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-
Davies and Co.
Knighton Bank, Knighton-Davies and Co 8,760
Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank,
Knaresborough-Harrison and Co 21,486
Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson,
and Co.
Kettering Bank, Kettering-J. C. Gotch
.and
Sons 9,560
Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C
Harvey and Son 5,205
Leeds Bank, Leeds--Beckett and Co.
Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W. Williams,
Brown mid Co.
Leicester Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby, 29,744
Lewes Old Bank, Lewes-Molineux and Co 28,722
Lichfield Bank, Lichfield-Palmer and Greene
Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith, Ellison, and Co. 83,735
Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan-
dilo Bank, Llandovery-D. Jones and C 0... 14,398
Loughborough Bank, Loughborough-Middle
ton and Cradock 7,471
Lymington Bank, Lymington-St. Barbe and
Co.
Lynn Begis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn
Regis-Gurneys and Co.
Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis-
Jarvis and Co 11,915
Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst
and Co.
Manningtree Bank, Manningtree-Nunn and
Co.
Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts
Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl-
borough .01d Bank and Hungerford Bank,
and Hungerford Bank, Marliforough-7Tan-

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ner and CO' ---
Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and
Son 5,896
Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co 17,763
Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial
Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and Co 26,430
Monmouth Chl Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre-
con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old
Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank,
Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co 14,367
Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell 24,852
Newark and Sleaford Bank, and. Sleaford and
Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock,
and Co 49,245
Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock 17,328
Newmark 't Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham-
mond, and Co 20,255
Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk
Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons 47,110
Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur-
neys and Birkbeck 90,010
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not-
tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co 9,904
Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co 3,257
Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris
and Co
New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co 9,975
Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith
and Co.
Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os-
westry—Croxon and Co
Oxford Old Bank, Oxford —Robinson, Parsons,
and Cc.
Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton-
bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton-
bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton-
bridge—T. H, and S. Beeching
Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. W
Clinch and Co.
Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank
and Beverly Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 46,658
Penzance Bank, Penzance--Batten and Co. 10,733
Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter-
borough—D. Yorke and Co.
Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest--J. and

W. Walters
Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co.
Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy,
and Co.
Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co
Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds,
and Co.
Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches-
ter—Day and Nicholson
Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons
Rugby Bank, Rugby—A. Butlin and Son
Rye Bank, Rye-71t, C. Pomfrot, & C 0..,

8,845
80,219

27,742
5,716

3,996

7,216
15,149
9,457
13,948

Rosa Old Bank, Heredfordshire, Ross
Allaway and Macdougal
Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saf-
fron Walden—Gibsons and Co
Salop Bank, Shrewsbury— Burton, Lloyd,
and Co.
Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—W 0t) d-
all and Co
Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and
Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury— Rocke, Ey-
tons, and Co 36,916
Sittiug,bourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbune.
—Valiance and Co.
Southampton Town and County Bank, South-
ampton—Maddison and Pearce
Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co 11,755
Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp-
ton—Atherley, Fell, and Co.

Stone Bank, Stone-W. Moore 345
Stafford Old Bank, Sta,tord-Stevenson and
Co.
Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford-Eaton,
Cayley and Co.
Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury
-Beck, Downward, and Co.
Taunton Bank, Taunton-H. and R. Badcock 23,921
Tavistock Bank, Tavistock-Gill and Rundle 9,265
Thornbury Bank, Thornbury-Rolph and Co. 8,896
Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton -
Dunsford and Co.
Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton-
shire-Thra,pston, Yorke and Eland
Trill.- Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring-But-
cher and Son
Towcester Old Bank, Towcester-Percival and
Co 7,050
Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring-
wood and Poole Bank, Poole-G. W. Led-
gard and Sons 10,217
Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston-Vivian and
Co 12,776
Uxbridge Old. Bank, Uxbridge-Hull, Smith,
and Co 14,798
Wallingford , Wallingford-Hedges,
Wells, and (!-,
Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick-
K. Greenway and Co 26,583
Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington-Fox,
Brothers, and Co 4,304
West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract
Bank, Wakefield- Leatham, Tew, and C 0... 44,457
Whitby Old Bank, Whitby-Simpson, Chap-
man, and Co 13,194
Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win-
chester-Bulpett and Co 19,535
Winchester and -Hampshire Bank, Winchester
-Wickham and Co --
Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank,
Weymouth-Eliott and Pearce 15,579
Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank,
Wirksworth--Arkwright and Co 37,379
Wisbech and ,Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech-
Gurneys and Co 49,804
Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe-P. and
W. Hancock 8,071
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton-.Good-
ri eke and Holyoake 10,270
Worcester Bank, Worcester-Farley, Laven-
der, and Co 6,178
Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old
Bank, Worcester-Berwick, Lechmere, and
• Co 65,608
Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster-Farley,
Turner, and Co 8,190
Walsall Old Bank, Walsall-Charles Forster
and Sons
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton-R. .
and W. F. Fryer 8,796
Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth
• and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth-Gurneys,
Birbeck, and Co 42,739
Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great
Yarmouth-Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart,, and
Co 12,515
York Bank, York- Swann, Clough, and Co 40,442

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Bank of Westmorland, Kendal
Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley
Bradford Banking Company, Bradford
Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver-

hampton
Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven
Bradford _ Commercial Banking Company,

Bradford
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 Corn-
pony, Cheltenham
Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company,

11,194
9,413
49,949

9,700
30,095

19,970

52,495

32,320

9,10

Coventry
Coventry Union Basking Company, Coventry
County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel-
tenham
Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company,
Carlisle
Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle
Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company,
Dudley 37,054
Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company,
Derby
Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com-
pany, Darlington
East of England Bank, Norwich 23,440
Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 151,242
Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax lB,lll
Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 36,485
Hull Banking Company, Hull 26,524
Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 12,978
Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com-
pany, Halifaic
Helston Banking Company, Helston
Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford
Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company,
Knaresborough 27,890
Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,240
Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 54,628
Leeds Bankinc, Company, Leeds 23,817
Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester 69.652
Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company 48,918
Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking
Company, Leamington Priors
Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,766
Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank-
ing Company, Nottingham
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking
Company, Nottingham
Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union
Joint-Stock Banking Company, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne --
National Provincial Bank of England, Birming-
ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street,
London 413,965
North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 40,793
Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 79,93
Northamptonshire Banking Company, North-
ampton
North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool
Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company,
Leicester
Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth.
Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield
Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com-
pany, Stamford
Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset-
shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang-
port 352,545
Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall 38,743
Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com-
pany, Stourbridge
Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company,
Sheffield
Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking
Company, Sheffield 52,269
Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company,
Richmond
Storey and Thomas' Banking Company, Shaftes-

25,032
13,290

42,936
1,439

34,68

21,670
38,827

52,915
1,730
34,401

54,355

56,124

-
bury -
Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking
Company, Wolverhampton 85,436
Wakefield and Barnsley Union. Bank, Wake-

field
Whiteha,ven Joint-Stock Banking Company,

13,21

Whitehaven...... . ...................................
Warwick and Leamington Banking Company,
Warwick
West of England and- South Wales District
Bank, Bristol ....................................... 84,417
Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 75,220
West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud-

25,63.

31,359

dersfield
Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company,
Whitchurch 6,435
Worcester City and County Banking Com-
pany, Worcester 6,858
York Union Banking Company, York 68,536
York City and County Banking Company, 88,868
Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 119,875
J. MICHAEL, Acting Registrar of Bank Returns.
Inland Revenue, Somerset House.

$2,69'4

SHIPPING DISASTERS ON THE NORFOLK COAST.—
A strong east wind blew for several days last week on the
Norfolk coast, and several serious casualties occurred
among the shipping. The Grenett, a Hanoverian vessel,
was lost off Yarmouth with all hands. The Hero, a
schooner, from Rye for Newcastle, parted from both
anchors in Lowestoft south roads, and was obliged
to run upon the main opposite the Royal Hotel. The
Henry, a brig, from Montrose for London, also drifted
on the main near Pakefield Lighthouse, and other minor
disasters Fre reported.
DEAD LAW.—How freely, even in spite of yearly mas-
sacres, the crop of legislation springs another figure or
two will suggest. On the subject of qua'ificatinn
and election of a member of Parliament there exist
185 acts. On the subject of poor-law there are in the
statute-book 120 acts. Upon the matter cf stamps there
are 130 acts. Upon the subject of Excise, 120. One act
ought to suffice for each of these matters ; yet the statutes
still include 4,000 or 5,000 pages of dead revenue law.
Even the law concerning sheriffs and their offers is pub-
lished in no less than 55 acts of Parliament. The conse-
quence of all this is, that judge and counsel, when they
exercise their wits on any case, must either pbt faith in
a fallible digest or manual made by a private lawyer—if
by chance that contains the information wanted —or they
must go through the whole of the statutes from Magna
Charts to the present day ; and, with the help of an im-
perfect index, find the hit of statute they require, as well
as make sure that it has not been affi-cted or modified by
any other bit of statute bearing later date. Then, of
course, there are also contradictions in abundance.
Public and general provisions of all sorts, often conflict-
ing in their principles, are slipped into local acts,--
.Dickens's likunbld Mrds.

Co try Markets.

DERBY SMITHFIELD.-MAItCR 25.

Our supply of fat beasts to-day was not large, but the
quality was generally good, and a fair demand at former
prices; a few were left unsold. The supply of sheep was
not large (the greater part out of the wool), but the best
quality were in good request and readily sold. Fat and
store calves scarce. Fat pigs plentiful.
The following were the quotations :—Beef, 6d to bid;
mutton, 7d to 7Ad ; lamb, Od to Od ; veal, 7d tc 7 d per
lb. ; pigs, lOs Od to 10s 6d per score ; rough fat, 4s 3 to Us
per 141 b. ; hides, 3id to 44d per lb ; calf-skins, 3td 51
per lb.