The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-07 00:00:00

Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yar-
mouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 9,965
York Bank, York—Swann, Clough, and Co 37,101

JOINT STOCK BANKS.

Bank of Westmorland, Kendal £10,362
Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley. 9,220
Bradford Banking Company, Bradford. 46,985
Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver-
hampton 9,548
Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven. 27,943
Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Bradford 19,428
Burton, Uttoseter, and Staffordshire Union Bank-
ing Company, Burton-upon-Trent
Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Com-
pany, Chesterfield ..
Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work-
ington
Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, 34,394
Coventry
21,500
Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 12,579
County of Gloucester Banking Co., Cheltenham 104,895
Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Co, Carlisle
Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle
Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Co., Dudley 30,751
Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 20,240
Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Company,
Darlington
- 26 145
,
East of England Bank, Norwich 23,496
Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 137,696
Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax . 18,057
Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield.... 36,675
Hull Banking Company, Hull
Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 12,002
Halifax and Huddersfield Union BankingCo.Halifax 42,950
Helston Banking Company, Helston
Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford
Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company,
Knaresborough 28,686
Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge
Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster
Leeds Banking Company, Leeds 21,854
Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester. 63,399
Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 49,661
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 Cora .
pany, Nottingham
National Provincial Bank of England, Birmingham
(Head Office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London) 419,575
North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 44,188
Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 78,487
Northamptonshire Banking Company, Northampton 20,877
North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 63,411
Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester 50,531
Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth
Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield ... 35,508
Stamford, Spalding and Boston Banking Company,
Stamford
Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset-
shire Bank, and Somerseishire Bank, Langport . 311,484
Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall. 40,479
Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com-
pany, Stourbridge.
Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Co., Sheffield
Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking
Company, Sheffield 51,494
Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company,
Richmond 52,303
Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Com-
pany, Wolverhampton.
Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield.. 14,172
Whitehaven Joint Stock Banking Co., Whitehaven 28,815
Warwick and Leamington Banking Co., Warwick. 25,194
West or England and South Wales District Bank,
Bristol
Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 72,800
West Riding Union Banking Co., Huddersfield 33,051
Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company,
3,510
Whitchurch

20,909

Worcester City and County Banking Company,
Worcester 6,970
York Union Banking Company, York .. 67,020
York City and County Banking Company, York.. 89,465
Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds .. 123,128
J. MICHAEL, Acting Registrar of Bank Returns.
Intend Revenue Office, Nov. 20, 1858.

THE GREAT EXPLO SION AT KU_R-

_RACHEL'.

The following is an extract of a letter from Ku r-
rachce of Oct. 22 :

"Since Scinde became a British province, a
greater calamity has not occurred within the pre-
cincts of Kurrachee, than that which happened on
Tuesday last.• About 10 minutes to 2 p.m., the
whole.of the population were startled by a fright-
;fillixplosion, which seemed at first as if a broad-
. 'cue of 68 pounders, double-shotted, had been dis-
barged in the centre of the cantonment. The first
shock had scarcely resounded through the atmos-
phere when it was succeeded by a second more
loud, and, as it proved ultimately, more disastrous
than the former one. Every house in camp shook
to its foundation. In an instant, all eyes were
directed to the spot whence this awful concussion
proceeded, and dense volumes of dark smoke were
perceived to envelope the space of ground occu-
pied by the arsenal and powder magazine.
For a short time hundreds who witnessed these
huge banks of clouds were kept in awful suspense
as to the source whence they emanated. Imagining
the-magazine had blown up, people ran in all
directions from the supposed scene of danger.
Europeans,- in the neighbourhood, and with their
families far from the spot; a general exodus took
place in the bazaar, where Parsecs, Mussulmen,
and Hindoos might have been seen jostling each
other in their anxiety to secure their treasure and
to save their lives. To the honour of most of the
European male inhabitants, be it said, they:rushed.
with one accord, as it were, to the scene of this
frightful accident—the arsenal. It was speedily
discovered that the upper-storied building en the
left hand side of the principal entrance had been
blown down, and that the fire resulting from
the explosion was rapidly extending to the whole
of the southern side of the buildings. No
sooner had the danger become known, then the
alarm bugle sounded through the lines of the
whole of the troops in the station, and ten minutes
afterwards the European andnative regiments were
on the ground to render assistance.
" The whole of the 'erigade and station staff,
together with the chief offiecTs of the civil service,
including the commissioner ?aid his assistants,
were promptly in attendance, an? with sonic excep-
tions exerted themselves manfully.
" The explosion was caused by the ignition of
some composition which Sub-Conductor M'Cabe
was pouring into a rocket on the ground story of
the building. It seems that in this room there was
considerable quantity of combustible materials
used in the construction of firework, and that when
the composition ignited the sub-conductor, with
great presence of mind, managed to extinguish it
at the risk of his life, but immediately afterwards
a similar accident occurred, and when he was
shouting for water to some of the Lascars, the
whole of the material took fire, and exploding
with terrifie force, shattered the building to
pieces. The upper story was chiefly filled
with saltpetre and sulphur.: The adjoining
More-room contained all the Enfield rifles and
old musketry ammunition, which quickly ignited,
and from the peculiar manner in which it was
packed, the explosion of it created great alarm, and
caused much injury to those who were unfor-
tunately near it at the time.
"Providentially, at the time of the explosion,
there was littlg, or no wind, otherwise the conse-
quences would have been most disastrous. Fatigue
parties, both of Europeans and Natives, were at the
same time employeein carrying out the stores of a
perishable nature they could lay their hands on ;
and it was very satisfactory to witness the noble
emulation between the men of the 14th N. 1., and
the extra Battalion, and those of the depot, her
Majesty's 46th and 51st Itlgiments, in the perfor-
mance of this work.

" The conflagration lasted the whole of Tuesday
night, throughout which constant explosions of am-
' munition boxes occurred. As evening set in, when
the extent of the danger was known, those who had.
fled from the cantonment began to return, and crowds
assembled in the neighbourhood of the arsenal to
gaze on the burning mass of ruins. No illumina-
tion or artificial display of fireworks could excel in
grandeur or brilliancy the spectacle after each suc-
cessive explosion. On Wednesday morning the
fire was finally got under, and parties from different
regiments set to work to clear away the debris.
Although it was supposed at first that the whole
of the ammunition had.been lost, in. the cobrse of
the day thirty boxes were recovered. and we have
no doubt a good many were found es_t erday.
" A sad loss of life, as well as they destruction of
many thousand rupees worth of Governthent pro-
perty, has been the melancholy result of this acci-
dent. Two Europeans, Sub-Conductor Laughland
a n C tal en,dan and
killeda Laboratory-man aobno rt ahteo r ym
spot.-
Store
who was dreadfully mutilated,two natives, were
Park Sergeant
ingemdin
awful
misery until WednesdaySub-Conductorwhen he died.
con-
tusion a
olaceration
rightr
a'lhkeinsleft
miraculouslyl d escaped.
ee. eb,
Sergeantau Bradley
has been severely wounded on the head and
cheek, and. his hand t • a
erribly scorched. Laboratory-
man Wells has also been seriously injured about
the head, arms, and feet. Sergeant Marsh MILS
Cut on the side of the head and otherwise bruised.
Four natives, who were badly wounded, were con-
veyed to the General Hospital, where they now
are ; another was taken to the Artillery Hospital
along with the Europeans, and had his leg ampu-
tated, but he died yesterday evening.

WHAT GIRLS SHOULD LEARN.—After the death
of his wife, Sir Charles Napier removed to Caen, in Nor-
mandy, and did his best to perform the part of a mother to
his girls. His aim was to make them religious, as the
foundation of all excellence ; to teach them accounts, that
they might learn the value of money ; work, that they
might not waste their time if they were rich, nor be help-
less i they were poor ; cooking, that they might guard
against the waste of servants, and to be able to do for them-
selves in the event of a revolution.—Sir Willman Napier's
Life of his Brother.
GRAND CENTRAL TERMINUS.—We are informed
that local meetings are about to be held in Whitechapel,
Borough. Clerkenwell, and Holborn, in support of accentral
terminus, in consequence of the great loss of time in going
to and, from the different suburban railways, and the great
expense of carting good's to and from the Tarim Stations.