The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-26 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS.

(from the Louden Gazette of Tuesday.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth
Victoria, car. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank
Not 2s of the several Banks of Issue in England and
Wales. in Circulation during the Week ending Satur-
day, the 13th day of December, :851: Averao.e
PM iar ATE BANKS. Amounl
Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Cc 11,585
Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemnaitt and Pomfret 11,095
Aylshaui Bank, Ayl3ham—R. and G Copeman 3,682
Aylesbury Old Bank., Aylesbury—Rick.ford
17,289
and Buntßaldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswads
Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell ... 27,064
Barnstaple Bank, BarnstapleMarshall and Co 9,356
Basingstoke and Odiha-r. Bank, Basingstoke—
Seymour, Lamb, and Co 14,863
31
Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard . ,083
Dedford and Bedfordshire Bans, Bedford—
Trapp, Halfhead, and Co. —
Bewtlley Bank, Bewdtey—Nichols, Baker, and
10,007
Crane
Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford
Bark, Bicester—Tubb and Co. .. ..•• ...
Birmincrhara Bank, Birmingham—Attwoc ds,
~
22,313
Spooner, and Co
3irmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming-
10,877
ham—J. L. Moilliett, and 50n5........... ••••
6,372
31andtord Bank, Blandford—Bastard ana Oak
3oston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co ...... . ...... 54,502
Bostrea Bank, Boston—Gee and C 0........... 15,864
Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. &J. Sealy 5,023
Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harford;
Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnortli . and
raint cah aCrd. 1360:78 13 41
Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs.
Buckingham Bank, Buckingham --Bartlett,
Parrott, and Co. ................... 17,654
Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury
eßvaann,k,anSatcowo.-
and Tawney.
Market Bank, Bury—Oakes, t.
Banbury Bank, Banbary—GOle_t_
rgye—r
and Son
C. obb
Banbury Old Bank,
Bier. City Bank, Bath--'N't°
Banba
Bedfordshire Leghton Buzzard Bank, Leighton
Buzzard—Bassett and Grant
Birmingham—Taylor and
Birmingham Bans‘,
Lloyds .
Bradford Old. Bvik, Bradford, Yorkshire—H
A.
and iff...A. Harris and Co
ia Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co
Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West,
aTta Borrer

65,280
26,772
22,093
4,379

30,637

29,562

12,422
61,698

24,29

Burlington and Dritfield Bank, Burlington—
gardincr, Smith, and C 0...
Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds—
J. and Co.
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
Sons
Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—Messrs. La Coste
Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round, Green,
and Co.
Bank, Witham and Essex

Colchester and Essex . anl, ry
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.
Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co .
Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank,
Mon-
mouth Old Bank, Monmcuth Bank, Brecon
Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank,
Chepstow—Bromage, Snead Evan, and Co.
Derby Bank, Derby—Messrs.
Smith and Cos
Derby Bank, Derby—
Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak
Banc, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and C 0....
Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Hughes,
Locke, and Co

Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co
Dencaster Bank and Itetford Bank, Doncaster
and Co .

Darlington Bank, Durham. Bank, and Stockton-
on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhou3e, & Co
Devonport Bank, De,,vonport—llodge 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, Hall,
and Co.
Essex Bank and Bislaops Stortford Bank,
Chelmsford—Sparrow, awl Co.
Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co
Fakenham B.ink, Fakenham—S'arneys, Birk-
beck, and Co.
Farringdon Bank and Bank of \Vantage, Far
rinff,don—Barnes and Medley ..
Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight
Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co
Goclalrain,g Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and

Keen
Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon..
Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0....
Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smit'n, Hader,

11,824

1,810

16,43

37,520

27,71

15,808
2,798

14,627

28,074
34,692

5,975
17,929
68,240
5,066

5,730
8,358
31,837

22,609

9,085
10,451

54,724

70,878

9,124

40,939

95,180

51,026

33,0 tO
22,125

13,920

5,950
12,437
5,075

3,355
4.498
21,153

26 216

and Co.
Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford—
Ma:thews.ancl Co.
Elertforcl sal Ware Bank, liert.fard—S. Adams'
awl Co
Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hall
—Smith, Brothers, and Co.
nur.tingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting-
don flint and Veassy
Harwich Sank, Harwieh—Cox, Cobb()11, and Co 4,714
Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hcrnpitead—
Smith, and Whittingitall 17,90
Hertfordshire, Hitehen Bank, Hitehen —Sharpies

12,200

21,473

14,92

and Co.
H3rAra, Ross, and Archentield Bank, and Ross
and ffi rchenaeld Bank, Hereford—Morgan
Hoskins, and Co 15,44
"pswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co
pswieh and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk,
Iladleigh Bank, Aanningtree and Mistley
Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich—
Alex.anders and Co.
Kentish Bank, Maidstono—Mercer, Randall,
and Mercer
Kinqton and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J.
Davies and Co 21,190
Knighton Blnk Knighton—J. Davies and C. 9,110
Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon 011 Bank,
Kna.,:esborough—Terry and Co
Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson,

29,22

and Co.
Kettering Bank, Kettering—G otc.h and Sons 6,423
Lane End StatTord3hire Bank, Lane End—C
I.larvzYy and Son
Leeds Bank, Leeds and Co 51,497
herds'; Bank, L2eds —W. Williams, Brown,
and C
T.,ei:ester Bank, Leicestor —Pagets and Kirby 26.857
Lewes Old Bank, 11,?..qcs.—Anlineux and Co 27.364
LichF.eld Bank, Li.;lls.eld —Pallier and Green., 11,733
Lincoln Bank, Liacoln,-.Srnith and Co 73,670
Lampet,!r Bank and Llanelli° Bank, Llando-
very —David J0n,,3 an-1 Co.
Loughborough Bank, Loughboroue-h—lfiddle-
tuna ant CraloA
Lyznington Bank, Lyrnington—C. and S. St
Barbe
Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Reis
—Gurneys and Co.
Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis—
Jarvisand Co. ...................................
Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brooklenurst

6,461

3,543

9,965

13,633
3,677

and Co
Mnnningtree Bank,Manningt roe —Nunn and Co.
Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts
Oiid Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl-
borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank,
and Ilungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner
and Pinckney 1,615
Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank,
~.Xarlborough—Ward, Merriman, and Flillin
Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and
iiana, 6,185
inerFe
'rruro —Willyams and C 0......... 11,611
Monnloutkahiro Agricultural and Commercial
Bank, AI,
----",a'avenn —Baileys and Co 26,787
Monmouth 01A 14,1,7
°nmouth Bank, Brecon
Bank, Chepstow B'ank, Chepstow Old Bank,
and Ross and Plerefordshiro Bank, Monmouth
—Bromage and Snevi
Monmouthshire Newport . ...
Bank, Newport
—W. Williams and Sons„
Newark Bank, Newark-1,1: .
and Hutton 28,008
Newark and Sleaford Banli:ZT
Sleaford and
Newark Bank, Sleaford—liatiAley,
and co
.............
"Newbury Bank, ?Towbar ocock. 20 426
Newmarket—Eaton,Y--jual ,
Newmarket Bank,
mond. and Son
Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich Harveys and
Hudsons .................................... .... %G,451
Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwic ....
noys Birkbeck 58,50%
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not-
tingham—Hart, Fellows, and Co
Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and
Co
Naval Balk, Plymouth—Harris, Mudge, and
Se_ruru Bank, Sarurn Everett, and
Co
NottingCana Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co 22,430
OrßostrY Bank and Oswrestry Old Bank, Os-
*resit' 7—Crox3n and Co 11,048
Orford- -Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons,
WO
Old Bank Tonbridge, Tunbridge and r.l.‘)nbridgo
Wells Old Bank, Ton bridge and Tonbridr

9,8t8

2,775

22,688

obnribdrgied_ge
___olls and Sevenoaks Ba'ak, To'n
",(a&aixtz and Sons
oxfordahi7,-0 wit„ Bank, w
and na
...
..
..
... Y itney—olinek
roase'i Old Bank, riu-11, .... e...lllll:(ilTd.llan.k.and 7'797
Be7o,rley B k
an-, --a- Peaseu
Penzance Bank, P:lnza.nce—Bataten Coan (1.
Bank, Peter- 36,078
Peterborough Bank and Oun ....
.. . 4 -0..,. , 9,954
borough —.1103,r5. Yorke
Peal orckeshfc; Bank, Haverfordwea ........
W. Walters ............. . ...................... 10
Reading Bank, Reading—Simoryls and co
..... • ~ ,385
Reading Bank, Beading—Ste, ;;;;ci -3'169
Co 26 6'B
Richmond Bank, Rich mond —Afax well and Co 4'6;4
Rochdale Bank, Rosthdale—Cleraeat, Itoyda, '
and Co ............................. ~
kloystoa Bank,. Royston--Fordhava and Sons lO,lOO

8,046

5,671

Average Amount
Rochester, Chatham, and Strood. Bank Roches-
ter—Day and Nich0150n.........
Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son
Rye Bank, Rye--Pomfret and Co.
Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard
andAllo.w ay .............................. ..
Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron
Walden—Messrs. Gibson
Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Barton, Lloyd, and

C 0.....................................
Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall

_
and C 0.......
Shrewsbury Old Bank, and hrewsbury and
Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury— Shrewsbury and
Ludlow flank, Shrewsbury_Rocke, Eytons,

and Co. ......... .
Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne
—Valiance and Son
Southampton Town and County Bank, South-
ampton—Maddison and Pearce
9 Suuthwell—Wylde and Co
tonanaknd Hampshire Bank, Southamp-
ahh_waneAtherly and Fall
•
Sssoottoutiontteipl B
Bank, n
Stone—W. Moore
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.
Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock
Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and

7,046
10,738
12,470

3,572

Co
Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and
Parslow
Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns-

29,079

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

12,415

23,989

Pereira'
Town and County of Poole Bank, and Ring-
wood and Poole Bank Ledgi,rd and

Sons'
Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and
Co.
Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith,
and Co.
Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Hedges & Co.
Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick—.

32,20

2,924

10,595
13,096

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 C 0..........
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,
Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co.
Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech—
Gurney and Co
Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W
Ha ncock
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good-
ricke and Holyoake.
Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley,Lavender,

2,902

535
11,834

27,400

19,791
21,288

9,622

6,250

7,426

11,019

12,812

and Co.
Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank,
Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co
Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley

8,210

and Turner
Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and

Sons
Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster—
Everett and Co.
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
York Bank. York—Swann, Clough, and Co ,

9,355

8,942

17,383
8,336

19,662

3,683

40,722

12,302

19,992

4,648

14,207

30,778

40,235

5,464

8,179

6,963

65,413

7,878

14,298

11,685

36,814

11,142
37,210

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal
Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley
Bradford Banking Company, Bradford
Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver-
hampton
Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven
Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad-
ford • 19,628
Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union
Banking Compaay, 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 11,593
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
Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby
Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com-
pany, Darlington
East of England Bank, Norwich
Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 129,175
Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 17,782
Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 33,601
Hull Banking Company, Hull
Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Ha-

9,050
8,412
51,197

8,510
28,710

44,564

21,436
17,694

36,521
18,090

lifax
Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com-
pany, Halifax
Helston Banking Company, Helston 1,523
Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 16,213
Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company,
Knaresborough
Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,079
Lan.aster Banking Company, Lancaster . 46,723
Leeds Banking Company, Leeds
Company, Leicester
62,602
Leicestershire Banking
Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 49,348
Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking
Company, Leamington Priors
Ludlow and Tenbary Bank, Ludlow 9,295
Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank-
ing Company, Nottingham 27,652
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking
Company, Nottingham
Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint-
Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 1,250
National Provincial Bank of England, Birming-
ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street,
London
North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham ..... 41,170
Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton.. 59,195
Northamptonshire Banking Company, North-
ampton
North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 26,134
Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Lei-
cester
Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 2,049
Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 31,494
Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com-
pany, Stamford. 53,846
Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset-
shire Bank, and Somorsetshire Bank, Lang-

port
Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall ...
Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com-
pany, Stourbridge
Sheffield and liallamshire Banking Company,
Sheffield ... ...
Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking
Company, Sheffield
Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company,
Richmond .. .
Storey and Thomas's Banking Company

- -.
Shaftesbury 10,207
Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Com-
pany, Wolverhampton 30,291
Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 13,095
Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company,
Whitehaven , 22,084
Warwick and Leamir.gton Banking Company,
Warwick
West of England and South Wales District

Bank. Br's .
Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 68,346
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 66,184
York City and County Banking Company, York 81,439
Yorkshire Banking Company. Leeds
P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns.
inland Revenue, Somerset House, Dec. 20, 1851.

Uuntot% PHENOMENON ON CHAT
men have been engaged,
some time r, Moss.—For
Moss which is
lizality) is very scarce there'
inserted ine
p:r,itucurabent peat they found a bed.
on that part of Chat
which (of any dtru.lE,!3 " Barton Moss," boring for water
of loose sand, from which
After penetrating th,,a,,u,ile
copious stream of
of marl, and under that
a long iron pipe,
ithe bore-hole, and
there issued with considerak,Latfuomr
ghbourh a
what appears to be carburettedcel,:' very
from experiment that it was inft,na hydro gas. Finding
bright
several inches in diameter,
the stream of gas which passed throuv
the upper end was set on fire, and unitedanwdti;iisued from
flame, illuminating at night the whole nei i
understand that this flame has continued to burn, Tld• We
aayrio_st or
entirely without intermission, from Friday (yesterday)
down to the present time, exciting much
~curiosity Liwoenek
parties travelling at night by railway. do doubt the gfs
neighbouringproceeds in some way from the coalfield.
Whether a bet of coal does or does not exist under Chat
Moss or some part of it, is, we believe, very doubtful ; but the
appearance of such an abundant stream of carburetted hy-
drogen, almost in the middle of the moss, seems rather in fa-
vour of its existence.—Manchester Guardian.

According to an advertisement in the New York
papers the firm of llarnden and Co., who suspended on the
25th of November at Liverpool, and subsequently at Boston,
have made arrangements for the payment of their sight
draughts which had been issued to immigrants and others
desirous of sending small remittances to their relatives at
home. These draughts amounted to an aggregate of 12,0001,
and much distress will therefore now be averted.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

WESTMINSTER.

After the disposal of the ordinary business of the
morning, Mr. ARNOLD took occasion to remark upon
the disgraceful and dangerous state of the new tho-
roughfare from Westminster Abbey to Pimlico, called
Victoria-street, and expressed his opinion that the
attention of the authorities should be immediately
called to the subject, and something done to put it into
a proper condition.
In the course of the afternoon Mr. James Rogers,
solicitor, and vestry clerk of the parishes of St.
Margaret's and St. John's, Westminster, waited upon
the magistrate, and stated that having been informed
that some observations had been made by him with
respect to the condition of Victoria-street, he had
felt it his duty to attend before him, in order to ex-
onerate the parish from any blame. The street had
been formed by a body called the Westminster Im-
provement Commissioners, a clause in whose Act of
Parliament giving them power to carry on the
operations rendered it compulsory upon them to
pave and macadamize the street to the satisfaction
of the surveyor of the parochial commissioners,
before the parish took to it. It had not been paved
and macadamized to the satisfaction of the parish sur-
veyor, and therefore had not been taken to by the
parish.

- Mr. ARNOLD observed that it was in a most filthy
and deplorable condition, and there were large holes
in the road that rendered it most dangerous to the
public. He had travelled along the street only a
short time before in a cab, and expected every mo-
ment that the springs would break, or some other ac-
cident happen.
Mr. Rogers did not for a moment mean to defend
the condition of the street which had been complained
of by the parochial commissioners themselves, but de-
clared that the Westminster Improvement Commis-
sioners were at present bound to keep it in order.
When put into the condition stipulated by their Act,
the parish would willingly take to it.
Mr. ARNOLD considered that if the street were not
in a safe and proper condition as a public thorough-
fare, it ought not to have been opened.
Mr. Rogers intimated that it was opened principally
in order to save the forfeiture of 10,0001., the Im-
provement Commissioners having entered into a bond
to that amount to open it by a particular day.
Mr. ARNOLD repeated that it was a dangerous
thoroughfare, and expressed his opinion that it was an
imperative duty upon the parish to see that it was put
in a proper condition. He would suggest that the
parish authorities give notice to the improvement
commissioners, requiring them to comply with the
terms of the clause which rendered it imperative upon
them to do the work to the satisfaction of the parish
surveyor. In default they would be liable to in-
dictment.

Mr. Rogers observed that they denied their liabi-
lity. Upon obtaining a subsequent Act to those
quoted, empowering them to borrow 50,0001., they
had inserted, without the sanctio❑ of the parish, a
clause declaring the street, after the publication of a
notice in the Gazette, to be a public thoroughfare,
and they contended that this Act virtually repealed
the previous one, by which they were bound to put
the street in the condition they required.
Mr. ARNOLD considered that the better way, for the
the necessary safety of the public, would be for the
parish to try the matter at once. They could take a
summon before him under Jervis's Act, and then the
case would be decided, and the public receive the re-
quired protection. Tne commissioners of improve-
ment, as it appeared from what had transpired, had a
duty cast upon them which they had failed to dis-
charge; they were liable to be proceeded against, and,the
proper persons to do this were the parish authorities.
A summons could be taken, as suggested, and the
matter fairly tried and decided at the sessions. The
present condition of the street was of serious import
to the public, and it ought to be immediately altered.
Mr. Rogers observed that the expense necessary to
put the street in proper repair would be 2,0001., and
that was a fearful sum to saddle the parish with, and
not a shilling coming in, The parish had offered to
meet the improvement commissioners upon the subject,
but their reply was that the street, having been opened
and declared a public thoroughfare, it was the duty of
the parish to repair it.
Mr. ARNOLD observed that the street was rendered
particularly dangerous at night owing to its not
being lighted.
Mr. Rogers said the parish bad offered to light if it
the commissioners would put up the standards, &c.
Mr. ARNOLD remarked that a long winter was
coming on, and much crime, to say nothing of the
danger, might result from the present condition of this
street. "What was everybody's business was nobody's ;
the duty fairly rested upon the parish to do the ini-
tiative in this matter, and then the case could be
fairly tried. The present condition of the street must
be altered.

Mr. Rogers said the parish had subscribed 80,0001.
towards the street, and not a shilling of it coining in.
Mr. ARNOLD repeated that the duty devolved upon
the parish to do the initiative in the matter.
Here the matter ended, Mr. Rogers evidently con-
curring in the justice of the magistrate's remarks.