The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-20 00:00:00

LIABILITIES.

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Buildings and
Cash. Debtors, &c. Furniture. Totals.
£ e. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ 9. d

By Bead
Office 29,022 2 10 169.628 10 7 14,480 0 11 213,130 14 4
Strand .. 6,963 16 10 28,972 16 7 6,003 0 0 41,936 13 5
Lambeth 3,573 16 10 5,956 12 10 9,530 9 8
Islington 1,649 6 6 2,950 3 4 1,000 0 0 5,599 910
Pimlic).. 1,510 9 6 731 410 750 0 0 3,021 14 4
Borough 3,587 710 5,252 1 2 500 0 0 9,339 9 0
Piccadilly 1,565 1 6 5,673 17 3 1,000 0 0 8,238 19 2
Holborn 625 19 5 6,501 9 9 2,0)5 0 0 9,130 9 2

43,523 1 3 *225,669 16 9 25,733 0 11 299,927 18 11
• Less :llowan,:cs for contingencies, exclusive of any
expenses, 5 per cent, on 225,6691. 16s. 91. 11,233 10 0

Total assts, exclusive o till Welsh works (see A) 288,644 8 11
(A.)—Welch corks cost (exclusive of interest) 106,4531. 43. 9d.
Mr. MARMI, R. N., asked when the first losses took
place, and the amount?

The CHAIRMAN said the original debt com-
menced in 1850, with a cash credit and discount
account opened with Messrs. Dumkr and
Scales, and afterwards . Durnler and Swift, the for-
mer for 3,0001. and the latter for 6,0001., and which
accounts were opened on the first commercial nuthor!ties
iu London. (Cries of "Name.") Ire declined to do so,
and there were loud cries of "Shame," but he proceeded
to state that in tconsequence of the recommendatiln
ab3ve alluded to, the bank allowed them to go beyond
their original accounts, and their first irregularity
c.mnmenced in 1850. At last these putties became de-
fAulters and the amount of between 19,0001. and 20,0001.
when the directors fell back on the security of the iron
works in Wales which had since been found to produce
coal as well, and which it was believed would have teen
a rtmunerative cauncern. That had not been the result

land in 1853, the amount expended on these works
amounted to 70,000/.
Mr. MARSH—HOW much capital was then paid up ?

h CLIAIIIMAII—Ab,ut 50,000/.

Mr. Maui" asked why the bank was not then wound
up, and bitterly complained that he and others had since
been disposed to join the bank on the statements put
fcrth by Mr. Cameron, a precious taanager, and had
lest their racney to the ruin of their farailies. (Hear.)
The bank must then been insolvent.
The CHAIRMAN said the Bank was not insolvent so
10 'g as the collateral securities above-named were taken
as weigh money.

Mr. MARSH next referred to the recent defalcations
of the manager of the Tewkes%ury ; and Mr. H.
Brown, M.P., having two 500/. bills of his, and shed
if the Lank had discounted them, and paid because Mr.
Brown was a curt cY,r ?

The CHAIRMAN—You are now entering into all our
hiot-;. Air. Brown owed them 70 COO/. He was nA a .Fare
t 1 1855 that Mr. Brown was so much indebted to as
bank.

Mr. MARSH—Then you ought to have known it.
The CHAIRMAN—When men do what they ought not
behind the backs of others, that will in some measure

explain my ignora,,ce.

Mr. MARSH condemned the conduct of the directors
in allowing Mr. Cameron, the manager, to act without
their knowledge and consent.

[The conclusion will be given in our last edition.]

LONDON* AND PARIS BANK.—At a meeting of the
London and Paris Bank, held yesterday, the directors
were authorised to take measures for winding up, re-
turning the capital in the prop ,rtion paid by the share-
holders, with the exception of 3/. per share, which is to
be retained until an account <hall have been rendered of
preliminary expenses and the remuneration of retiring
officers. It was explained that the directors find the
altered position of the money market and the discredit
occasioned by recent joint•stock bank suspensions un-
favourable to the prosecution of the undertaking. A.
proposition to appoint a committee to assist the board
in arranging the repayment of capital, &c., was defeated
by a small majority. .An application is to be forthwith
made to the Ruud of Trade to sanction the contemplated
proceeding, and, as the funds are deposited in the Union
Bank f London, their distribution, it is thought, may
shortly be commenced.
EXTRAORDINARY OVOURRENCE.—An accident of a
sinoilar description occurred a few days since at the
Hanbridge Brewery, Langport. By some unexplained
cause a considerable portio❑ of the brick work of the
" gibbing" gave way, whereby the heal of a large vat
in which were about 2,500 gallons of strong beer was
stove in. The liquor of c nurse ran out, and a large por-
non of it found its way to a small river called the Ivel,
and thence into the river Parfet, of which the Ivel is a
tri+mtary. The effect o❑ the finny inhabitants of the
Po-rret was remarkable ; they were stup fled, and turned
up by thousands. On Saturday the water from Lang-
port to the railway bridge was covered with fish for a dis.
tancs of fully two miles. All kinds of fish seemed to
share the same fate, as there were to be seen amongst
the dead, roach, dace, jack, carp, eels, &c. The loss
to the proprietor of the brewery exceeds 300/.—Bristol
Times.

SPANISH AMERICAN BONDHOLDERS.—A meeting of
Spanish American Bondholders took place yesterday,
Mr. J. D. Powles in the chair, when the following reso-
lution was carried :—" That whereas the amended reso-
lution passed at the meeting of the Bth of August, 1856,
will have the effect of depriving the Committee of Spa-
nish America❑ Bondholders of any adequate remunera-
tion for the important services rendered by them in ob-
taining an adjustment of the debt due by Guatemala, it
is the opinion of this meeting that the said resolution be
rescinded, and that the meeting authorise a deduction
of 5 per cent. on the issue of bonds representing the
principal and arrears of interest of the said debt, to be
placed at the disposal of the Committee of Spanish
American Bondholders for the remuneration of the par-
ties who have been instrumental in bringing about such
adjustment, and for the payment of the expenses which
have been incurred by the committee, and for their re-
muneration."
FIRE AT A FARMHOIJSE.—A WOMAN FRIGHTENED TO
DEATH —CANTERTORY, Friday morning.—Last even-
ing, about eight o'clock, a fire broke out on the pro-
mises of Howfield Farm, situate near the ♦iaduct of the
South-Eastern Railway, on the Ashford road, in the
parish of Chartham, about two miles from Canter-
bury. The land and buildings belong to Mr. George
Gipps, of Howlett., and are in the occupation of
Mr. Pell. The engines were fetched, but notwith-
standing the exertions of the firemen a great part of
the property was destroyed. The stock was insured
in the Phoenix, and the buildings in the Sun, it is
said to the full amount of their value. A labourer named
Frier, in the employ of a neighbouring farmer, on hear-
ing the alarm of fire, proceeded to Mr. Pell's to render
assistance. A. short time afterwards his wife went to the
door and became so alarmed at the sight of the fire, that
she requested a relation, who was with her, to remove
her in-doors. This was done with some difficulty as she
was a heavy woman, and almost immediately afterwards
she expired. Her husband and son were fetched from the
tire, and their feelings may be imagined, on finding the
wife and parent (whom they bad left only a few minutes
before in perfect health) a corpse. Much sympathy is
felt for the these poor people.
VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS TN
THE CIVIL SERVICE.—General Post•offrce : Mr. James
Gregory has been appointed Postmaster at Bangor,
North Wales. Customs : A. Clerkship in the Receiver-
General's•office of 801. per annum becomes vacant by
,he retirement of Mr. Noble ; security for 1,0001. re-
quired. Mr. Francis Healy has been appointed a Clerk
in the Customs in London ; Mr. Ed. Morgan has been
promoted from Inspector of the Waterguard at Bristol
to be Third Inspector of the River at Liverpool ; Mr.
Wm. Yeowell has been promoted from First Class Tide-
urveyor at Liverpol to be Inspector of the Water-
.tuard at Bristol. Coast-guard : Lieut. Charles B.
Bayly has been removed from Ventnor to Kings-
wn, vice Mr. Hodgson, deceased ; Mr. Charles J.
Lay, Chief Officer at Brickam, has been removed to 1
Battery, Deal, vice Mr. T. Tribe; Mr. T. Tribe has
oeen removed to SeMargaret's, vice Mr. Bond, resigned.
Ireland : Mr. D. Devine, Sub-Officer of the Second
Class, Revenue Police, in charge of the party stationed
•st Mary borough, has been promoted to be Officer of the
First Class. East Indies : Messrs. C. F. Harvey, H.
G. Poynter, and C. G. Wyncb, have been attached to
the Bengal Division of the Presidency of Fort William ;
Lieut. J. Puckle has been appointed to officiate as a
District Executive Engineer in the Department of Public
Works in Mysore, vice Lieut. Campbell, appointed to
afficiate as a Junior Assistant to the Commissioner of
Mysore ; Assistant-Surgeon D. M'L. Falconer, of the
Niadras Medical Establishment, has been appointed to
he medical charge of the province of A mherst. —Civil
Service Gazette.

PROPOSED EXHIBITION OF THE WoRKS OF MANCHES-
TER ARTISTS.—Ou Thursday evening a rn, sting of ar-
ists, now or formerly connected with Manchester and
as neighbourhood, was held, in the Mayor's Parlour,
Salford, under the presidency of Mr. David Cbadwiek,
borough treasurer, co core ider the propriety of
olding an exhibition in the Pe el Park Mu eum,
Salford, of works of art by Manchester and neigh-
bouring. artists. About twenty :Artists were present,
ind a resolution was adopted that an exhibition Eh gild
he opened on the first Monday in March next, for three
months, admission gratuitous. An exhibition of this
kind was much needed for the encouraa ement of local
talent, the present annual exhibition at the Manchester
Royal Institution limiting the local artists to two paint.
ings each, and admitting into comi etition the works of
artists in all parts of the country, including those from
;he collections of dealers which have left the studios of
leading artiste for years.
FIGHT BETWEEN GERMAN SOLDIERS AND LABOURERS.
—On Sunday evening, a body of Wealeyans hell their
annual "camp" meeting on Fordham heath, which was
attended by a large concourse of country people, and a
corporal and six privates of the British German Legion,
quartered at the Colchester camp. After the service,
from some unknown cause, but w thout the slightest Ira.
vocation, the labourers commesced a most wanton An i
ferocious assault upon the soldiers with stone. an i sticks,
when the latter in seq-defence took off the belts and
u-ed them sans cercmonic about the heads and faces of
their fcolish assailants. A regular maee ensued, in
which Et)nes, belts, and shillelahs were wielded with
great obstinacy on both sides, assuming the aspect of
some Irish faction fight, or " town and gown" row, till
at lengh the sohl is were compelled to beat a hasty
rem-at before the great y superior forces of their oppo-
nents, who hurled after them a terrific volley of stones.
—Chelmsford Chronicle.
EXPENSES OF TILE CITY OF LONDON MILITIA.—A
me-
morial has been circulated amongst the members of the
Common Council, which was agreed to by the Alderman,
Deputy, and Common Councilmen of Cornbill Ward,
at a meeting in the' Quest-re •n, St. Michael's-alley,
t week, complaining of the large outlay incurred by
the Commis-ion-I.s of Lieutenancy for the City of Lon.
don, in the erection of buildings le r the head quarters,
storehouses, and other accommodation of the Royal
London /11i1;thi. The me morialisa; observe that the
commissioners have already paid, or agreed to pay, in
addition to an annual ground-rent exceeding 3001., the
sum of 15,6E9/. for the site of these buildings ,and pro-
pa.e to expend 18,000/. more upon their. Tne m
mo-
liaste consid,r this an extravagant and unnecessary
outlay, and remark that it was projected during
the c xetement of the war, in I is far beyond ti e
requirements of the eiisembea ed militia in time i f
p •w,. They intend to mem a iali e the Secretary of
a
St3.te for the War Departmeet upon this 'main,.
They allsge that the accounts of the c nurnisEionera
lately presented to the CJintnon Council, contain
sec erel unauthorised items, such as those far the regi-
mental band, missing articles of clothing, gratuities .o
non-commissioned ofliters of the regular army for train-
ing the ex!' eases of pre; ent g an address from
the c 'lnns ssunsrs to the Emperor of the Fa-nch, and one
to the Kin.; of Sardinia, salary of 2001 a year paid to their
eh_rk, and poundage t 'he collector of 'tke trophy tax,
excessive charges 'or t! e accommodation el the
offieers.

A letter from Vienna of the 11th states that the
dennuds of the Western Powers addressed to ti e
King of the Two Sicilies comprised a general am-
nesty, including Poerio and S‘)ltembrini, and that
the King, although he objects to a general amnesty,
has consented to t (,rall_ several individual pardons,
and will also set Poerio and Settembrini at liberty
;-.non as the agitation caused by the pamphlets
uhall have subsided.