The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-11 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes, of the
several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in circu-
lation during the week ending Saturday, the 23d day of
October, 1858.

JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Bank of Westmorland, Kendal 8..8,761
Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley.
Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 47,633
Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver-
hampton 9,465
Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven. 26,385
Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Bradford 20,329
Burton, Uttoxete ,r and Staffordshire Union Bank-
ing Company, Burton-upon-Trent
Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Com-
pany, Chesterfield 10,175
Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work-
ington 30,745
Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company,
Coventry
Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 13,760
County of Gloucester Banking Co., Cheltenham 108,614
Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Co., Carlisle 22,156
Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle
Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Co., Dudley 31,761
Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 18,783
Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Company,
Darlington 25,730
East of England Bank, Norwich 22,810
Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 144307
Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 17,159
Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 39,387
Hull Banking Company, Hull
Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 12,16.5
Halifax and Huddersfield Union Bankingeo. Halifax 42,329
Helston Banking Company, Helston
Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford
Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company,
Knaresborough 28,506
Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 2,392
Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster
Leeds Banking Company, Leeds 21,310
Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester. 69,015
Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 49,03.5
Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking
Company, Leamington Priors
Ludlow, and Tenbury Bank,;Ludlow
Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Banking
Company, Nottingham
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Com-
pany, Nottingham
National Provincial Bank of England, Birmingham
(Head Office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London) 412,795
North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 45,019
Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 76,675
Northamptonshire Banking Company, Northampton 19,297
North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 59,635
Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester 48,657
Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth
Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield.... 34,707
Stamford, Spalding and Boston Banking Company,
Stamford
Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset-
shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Langport . 336,737
Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall.
Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com-
pany, Stourbridge. 63,010
Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Co., Sheffield 19,820
Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking
Company, Sheffield 51,389
Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company,Richmond
51,913
Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Com-
pany, Wolverhampton
Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 13,875
Whitehaven Joint Stock Banking Co., Whitehaven 26,774
Warwick and Leamington Banking Co., Warwick. 24,892
West of England and South Wales District Bank,
Bristol
Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 75,014
West Riding Union Banking Co., Huddersfield 35,380
Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company,
Whitchurch
Worcester City and County Banking Company,
Worcester 6,255
York Union Banking Company, York 66,675
York City and County Banking Company, York 91,788
Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds .. 120,027
J. MICHAEL, Acting Registrar of Bank Returns.
Inland Revenue Office, Oct. 30, 1858.

DEATH OF MR. BLAKEMORE, M.P.—We regret
to learn of the sudden death, on Sunday last, in his 57th
year, from apoplexy, of Thomas Wm. Booker Blakemore,
Esq., of the Leys, Herefordshire, and of Velinara, (Ha-
morganshire. M.P., for the county of Hereford. The de-
ceased gentleman was the son of the late Rev. L. Booker,
LL.D.,and assumed, by royal licence, the name of Blake-
more, in accordance with the will of his uncle, R. Blake-
more, Esq., in 1855. Ho took an active part on the pro-
tectionist side in the free trade controversy, and was a strict
member of the conservative party. He was first returned for
Herefordshire in Sept., 1850, without opposition. He was
also the author of a " Treatise on the Mineral Basin of
South Wales ;" also a " Letter to the People on the Re-
venues of the Church."

ALLEGED INSULT TO A BRITISH CONSULAR
AGENT AT RHODES.—Letters from Rhodes, of Oct. 23,
published in the Esperance of Athens, furnish an account
of the facts that hud induced the English Consul to inter-
ruptj his official relations with the local authorities at
Rhodes. " The English consular agent residing at Castelo-
rizo had heed insulted by, some Turks, he sent in his report
ofit to the Consul at Rhodes, who demanded full satisfaction
from the Government for the injury done to his agent. He
insisted that the accused parties should be brought to
Rhodes and severely punished. The 'Turkish cutter sta-
tioned in the harbour was immediately despatched and
brought back to the city the persons accused by the consu-
lar agent ; but instead of having them punished the gover-
nor allowed these individuals to go at large in the city, de-
claring that ,he could not punish them by imprison-
ment before they had been tried, and if found
guilty condemned. The consul then proceeded is per-
son, and dressed in full uniform, to the hose of the go-
vernor, and declared to him that his allegation was a
subterfuge, and that if the accused were not instantly sent
to prison he should consider his refusal a fresh insult to the
honour of Great Britain. But the governor's decision was
not to be shaken. On his return home the consul struck
the British flag, declared in a note to the governor tliathi
official relations with him had ceased, and that ho had con-
signed to the French consul the protection ofthteheQourdeeenrss
subjects. He would wait where he was, he
of the British ambassador at Constantinople, .to d
whom he
had made his report."
RAILWAY EXTENSION IN THE HIGHLANDS.--
We understand that a movement is nowcstoonhafvlthaemraollilgwina
fluential landowners north of Inverness y
and afterwards still farther
extended, first to Dingwall,
north. At the same time the project for connecting Easter
Ross;with the port of Invergordon, by means of a short line
from Tain, has been received under favourable auspices, and
an attempt will be made this winter.. (or has already eo" md_
menced) to raise the necessary capital for complying with
the requirements of the Board of Trade.—lnverness Courier.
RAISING AN ELECTRIC CABLE. Journal ' de
Calais says We have good news to give of the electric
cable. The Submarine Company charged Captain Monsar,
of the Douro steamer, to ascertain in what precise spot
the rupture took place. He began raising the cable from
Dover, and after continuing for 12% miles found the rup-
ture. He buoyed up the end, and :hien went to Calais to
raise the other portion from the French coast. He found
the end at 2t miles from Sangatte, and buoyed it up also.
Experiments proved that except at the point of the rup-
ture the cable was in good order, and a junciion of the
two ends will immediately be effectel."
FRIGHTFUL DEATH FROM A SINGULAR CAUSE.—
On Monday an inquest was held before Mr. Hereford, City
coroner, at the Manchester Royal Infirmary, respecting
the death of William Andrew, Back Mount-street,'Har-
pulley, aged 33, labourer in AI.-foundry. The deceased,
according to the evidence given by his mother-in-law, com-
plained on Saturday night last of a pain in his stomach.
He determined to foment it with spirits of turpentine, for
which purpose he soaked a flannel which he wore with' the
spirit. In a short • time, wishing to see whether the tur-
pentine had begun to produce marks of irritation upon the
skin, he raised the flannel, and incautiously brought a
candles so near to it that the inflammable vapour ignited,
the flannel was instangy in a blaze, and flamed above his
head. The turnpentine upon the ;.kin also took fire, and
the poor man was fearfully burned before assistance could
be rendered. He was co'nveyed to the infirmary, llut ex-
at noon the following day. The jury returned a ver-
dict of " Died by accidentally setting fire
.to a ilawiel
soaked w spirits of ttupentines"