The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-04 00:00:00

BANKING DE:

Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000
Rest ................ 3,754,416
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ing's Banks, and
Dividend Accounts) 8,409,8511
Other deposits 9,956,813
seven Day and other

Bills ............ 927,399

£37,601,479 £37.601,479
31.A1t8LT ILL, Chief Cashier.
Dated the 2d (lay of October, 1856.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com•
puted from the returns made in the week ending Sept. 30,
1856, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable
thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain.
From the British Posses: lons in America 3ls. 6.1.
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies
Average of the three foregoing descriptions 32s. 11d.

BANKRUPTS.
Smith Hastings, wine-merchant, Lime-strc3t, to sur-
render, Oct. 14 at twelve, and Nov. 11 at half-past eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ;
Stopher, Cheauside.
John Whitaker, cotton manufacturer, Bridge End, Lan-
cashire, Oct. 17 and Nov. 5, at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Sale,
Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester.
Thomas Lay, hop merchant, Wolverhampton, Oct. 13,
and Nov. 5, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District
Court. Christie, official assignee. Birmingham ; Southall,
Birmingham.

Edward Phillips, innkeeper, Pillgwenlly, Newport,
Monmouth, Oct. 14, and Nov. 11, at eleven, at tho Bristol
District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Ed-
wards and Nalder, Bristol.
David Rothwoll, machine maker, Seas, Head. Halifax,
Oct. 13, and Nov. 17, at eleven, at the Leeds District
Cons t. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Waxen, Philbs 'Lek,
and Foster, Halifax.

John Wood, corn dealer, Aehton-under-Lyne, Oct. 17
eel Nov. 5, at twelve, at the Maoohe3ter District Court.
Fraser, officirl assignee, Manchestn ; Drrnton, Ashton-
under-Tyne; Sale, Worthington, end Shipman, Man-
chester.

John Sloman, merchant, Kingston-upon-Hull, Oct. 22
and Nov. 19, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Car-
rick, official assignee, Hr"l; Lovett and Champney,
James Symes, Edward Barnard Symes, and Reuben
Raptor, electro-platers, Strand, Oct. 18, at half-past eleven,
and Nov. 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ed-
wards, official assignee, Sambrook court, Basinghall-st. ;
Harrison and Lewis, New Boswell-cowl, Lincoln's-inn ;
Branscomb, Raguet-court, Fleet-strc ot.
Thomas Hassell, builder, Shenstone, Staffordshire, Oct.
13 and Nov. 5, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Duignan
and Hemmant, Walsall.
Dennis Denman, licensed victualler, Hartlepool, Oct. 9,
at haLf-past eleven, and Nov. 18, at twelve, at the New.
castle-upon• Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Belk, Hartlepool; Moyle, New-
castle-upon-Tyne.
Richard John Maddren, licensed victualler, Great Rus-
sell-street, Bloomsbury, Oct. 15, at one, and Nov. 13, at
two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assig-
nee, Ba,inghall-street ; Willoughby, Cox, and Lord, Clif-
ford's-inn.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
William Black, knee anti manager of the Queen's
Theatre, Edinburgh.
Stewart and Murray, tailors, Glasgow.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK.

3111 es
oaionc ].
1856.

NAME OF RAILWAY.

Receipts.

Total general balance
The board then proceeded to receive tenders for the con-
struction of 3,150 feet of brick sewer, and other works in
,eouuection therewith, in North-street, Rhodeswell-road,
'arid othe-places near Bow-common.
The tender of Mr. J. Yeoman, for 1,7801., was accepted.
THE ASSESSMENT OF THE DISTRICTS FOR THE BOARD AND

LIABILITIES.
A statement was laid before the board showing the fin-
ancial condition of each of the parishes and districts of the
metropolis, together with the particulars of outstanding
loans and mortgages, and estimate of the sums to be raised
by the board for the year ending the 31st of December,
for the purpose of assessing the moneys required by the
board on the various parts of the metropolis, and to direct
precepts to be issued for the collection of the same.
This document was a ponderous mass of tables, which it
would be utterly impossible to give within the limits of a
newspaper report, but the following is a statement of the
sums of money which will be required from each district
for the purposes of the board for the current year :
City of London £5,332 5 9
St. Marylebone 9,385 12 11.
St. Pancras 3,266 12 6
Lambeth 10,142 10 0
St. George's, Hanover-square 10,726 5 9
Islington
Shoreditch
Paddington
Bethnal-green
St. Mary's, Newington
Camberwell . 4,456 16 4
St. James's, Westminster 2,887 8 6
Clorkenwell
Chelsea
Kensington 4,447 7 9
St. Luke's, Middlesex 213 10 3
St. George's, Southwark 2,698 11 10
Bermondsey
St. George's-in-the-East
St. Martin's-in-the-Fields
Hamlet of Mile-end Old Town 109 16 8
Woolwich 329 5 2
Rotherhithe
St. John, Hampstead
Whitechapel District
Westminster District
Greenwich District
Wandsworth District
Hackney District 1,221 11 10
St. Giles District
Holborn District
Strand District 899 13 3
Fulham District
Limehouse District
Poplar District 987 9 3
St. Saviour's District
Plurnstead District
I/3%IAM District
St. Olave's District
Close of Collegiate Church of
St. Peter
The Charter House
Inner Temple....
Middle Temple
Lincoln's-inn ....
Gray's-inn
Staple's-inn
Furnival's-inn . .
Willsden
Acton
Ealing
Extra parochial
Hornmey
Chiswick
Wimbledon
Mitcham
Merton
Croydon
Morden
Richmond

81 11 6
3,766 16 3

2 12 1
15 11 5
48 9 1
31 17 10
34 1 1
139 10 9
4 8 4
S 16 8
136 5 7
654 3 0
169 2 8
54 12 7

1,258 0 3
106 1 9
306 8 3
92 11 3
16 15 3
81 711
58 15 1
1,815 1 6

Making a total of £136,228 8 10
The estimated expenses of the board for the year ending
31st December, 1856, were :
Establishment charges, including compen-
sation allowances
Instalment, or loan of 140,0001. for main
drainage
Interest, or loans contracted by late Cam•
missioners of sewers.... 15,227 12 6
Sums required for sewerage works. 46,881 0 0

Total expenses of the year £99,191 3 11
This document led to some discussion, when Mr. DAN-
TON moved that precepts be issued to the different districts,
calling upon therh to raise the respective amounts by the
31st of December, with the exception of the parishes of
Fulham, Lewisham, Greenwich, and Plumst3ad. As Ful-
ham would have to raise ls. Bd. in the pound, Lewisham
ls. 9d., Greenwich is. 2d., and Plumstead 11d., he sug-
gested that thole parishes should be allowed to pay the
sum in two instalments, the last to be paid in March,
1857.

The CLERK said that before issuing the precepts it would
be necessary to adopt a resolution approving of the ac-
counts, and then to pass an order assessing the amounts
upon the various parishes.
Mr. R. TAYLOR moved, and Mr. IRVINE seconded, a
motion that the question be adjourned til! Monday, the
20th of October.

After a few words from Mr. D. IfAnnisox, the motion
was put and agreed to.
NEW STREET IN SOUTHWARK.
On the notice being read to farther consider the report
of the committee of works and improvements, pursuant
to the references by the board on the subject of street im-
provements in Southwark, and a new street from King-
street, Covent-garden, towards Coventry-street, recom-
mending for the consideration of the board a new line of
street, commencing near tho Town-hall, Southwark, and
extending to the point of intersection of Vine street with
the York-road, it was considered that this was a subject
that required a very close investigation, that a day should
be specially appointed for its consideration ; and it was
agreed to bo brought forward on Monday week, as well as
a motion by Mr. Irvine to submit plans and suggestions
for the formation and improvement of certain thorough-
fares in the boroughs of Southwark and Lambeth.

CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION.
A. report was received from the committco on claims for
compensation, recommending that under the special cir-
csimstances of the case the compensation to be awarded to
Mr. Joseph Smith, late surveyor under the Metropolitan
Commissioners of Sewers, for the loss of his office by the
passing of the Metropolis Local Management Act, be a
gross sum of SCOI.

Mr. Daryrox, in bringing up the report, said Mr. Joseph
Smith had formerly beon in the Sappers and Miners, and
had retired from that body to enter the service of the
Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers, in which he had
been for 7i years. His services were no longer required ;
in addition to which he was suffering under a defect of
eyesight; and his object was to go to Australia with his
family, where he could obtain employment in field survey-
ing, without being subject to any inconvenience from the
defect in his eyesight. Under those circumstances he
moved that for the loss of his office Mr. J. Smith receive as
compensation 500/. in a gross sum.
Mr. FEW seconded the motion.

Mr. H. L. TAYLOR opposed the motion, and looked upon
the proposition as a departure from the principle already
laid down, that all sums granted as a compensation for loss
of office should be paid annually. He thought the board
would he doing a service to Mr. Smith by keeping him in
England; for the 5001., if granted, might soon be wasted
in Australia, and, instead of having somethitg for the
family, It would all be gone. He concluded by movinr,o., as
an amendment, " That Mr. J. Smith do receive a salary
of 781. per annum for 7i years."
Mr. HARRIS seconded the amendment.
After a few observations from Mr. Leslie, Mr. Collin-
son, and Mr. Savage,
The CHAIRMAN then put the question, when there ap-
peared_ _ _

For the amendment lO
Against it
Majority against it
The CHAIRMAN then put the original motion, when
there :►ppeared...
For the motion l4
Against it l3
Majority —l
A report was brought up from the committee on the
duties of the board under the Building Act, who were of
opinion, "That, in the opinion of the coin mitten, the board
have no po►ver.to appoint any fee for duties in respect of
dangerous structures under the second pal L. of the Metro-
politan Building Act, 1855, beyond the fee specified in the
second part of the second schedule to that act, except in
the case of special services, to be ascertained in each parti-
cular instance."

This recommendation was put and agreed to.
Some routine business was disposed of, and the board
adjourned at half-past five o'clock.

Tom THUMB AND BARNUM.—A private letter from
Paris says that M. Vattemare has received a letter from
Barnum, in which the latter asks Vattemare's advice
about the project of bringing Torn Thumb to Europe
again ou a speculation, whether his autobiography has
not injured any such speculation, &c. Vattemare re-
()lel that, on the contrary, be bad now more reputation
than ever ; so much so, that he would perhaps make
more money to allow Tom Thumb to exhibit bico.--Ncw
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