The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-06 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 circa.
lation during the week ending *Saturday, the 6th day et
Oat., 1859.

PRIVATE BANKS.
Andover Bank,.Andever-Heath and Co
Ashford Bank, Ashford--Jernmett, Pomfret, & Co. 11,437
Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Cobb and Co 24,262
Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank,
liiggleswade-Wells, Hodge, and Co.
Barnstaple Bank, Barustaple--Marshall and Ce 8,030
Basingstoke and Oldham Bank, Basingstoke--
Seymour, Lamb, and Co.
Bedford Bank, Bedford-Barnard and Co •, 30,428
Bawdley Bank, Bewdley-Nichols, Baker, and Co. 12,596
I3icester and Oxfordshirs Bank and Oxford Bank,
Bieestor-Tubb and Co.
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham- Attwood a,
Spoonoz, and Co.
Boston Bank, Boston-Claypons and C 0..... ..
Boston Batik, Boston-Gee and Co.
Bridgwatoz• Bank, Bridgwater--J. at J. L. Sealey. 3,031
Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and
Broseley Bank, Broseley-Pritchards, Boycott,
and Co.
Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Par-
rott, and Co.
Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stow-
market Bunk, Bury St. kdmunds--Oakes, Bevan,
and Co.
Banbury Bank, Banbury-J. C. and A. Gilbert 37,266
Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Cobb and Son-. 27,639
Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton
Buzzard--Bassett, Son, and Co. .. 35,367
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Lloyds and Co.- 27,978
Bradford Old Bank, Bradfcrd, Yorkshire--Harris
and Co.
Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 60,091
Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West,
and Co
17,064
Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington-Hard-
ing, Smith, and Co
Bury St. Edznunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds-
Worlledge and Co
Cambridge Bank, Cambridge--Hemlock and Co 14,241
Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, 'Cambridge
-Messrs. Fosters
• 41,677
Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co. 11,746
Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-David Morris and
Sons
22,15 i
Chertsey Bank, Chertsey--La Costa :Lad Son..
Colchester Bank, Colchester-Reuni, 'Green, k o ▪ 14,612
Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Kalisz
Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colcheater--
Mills, Bawtree, and Co.
Cornish Bunk, Truro-Tweedy and Co
Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little and W oodoack 6,450
City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co.
Craven Bank, Settle--Alcocks, Birkbeck, aid Co, 77,075
Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Monmoutk
Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and
Ross and Herefordshire Bank, ChepstowAa
Bromage Snead, and Co
Derby Bank, Derby-W. and S. Evans and Ce. 11,143
Derby Bank, Derby-Samuel smith and Co 41,909
Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak
Bank, DerbY-Crompton, Newton, and Co. 27,156
Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes...Locke and
' Co.
Diss Bank, Diss-F 3,474incham and Cs 9,913
Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncastez-
, Cooke and Co.
62,339
Darlington Bank, Durham Banes, and Stockton-on-
Tees Bank, Darlington-Bacihouse and Ce 33,693
Devonport Bank, Devonport-Hodge and Co_ 8,209
Dorchester Old Bank and Doreetehire Bank, Dor-
chester-- R. and H. Williams 45,174
East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robius, Foster,
and Co. 106,079
East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower and Co 51,504
Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank, Chelms-
ford-Sparrow, Round, and Co 41,335
Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 30,8111
Faningdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Farring-
don-Barnus, Medley, and Co 6,115
Farnham Bank, Farnham-John and Jas. Knight 10,263
Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilten and C 0..... 5,532
ciodalmin,g Bank, Godalming--Mellersh and Keen 4,913
Guildford Bank, Gnildford-Messrs. Haydon.... 12,03$
Orantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and Co 29,927
Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford-Mat-
thews and Co 11,214
Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull-
Smith, Brothers, and Co
Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting- •
don-Veasey and Co 43,317
Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co. -
Hsrtfordahire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin-Sharplos
and Co.
Hereford, Ross, and Archenf eld Bank, and Reis
and Archenfield Bank, Ross-Mor en and Ce 21,166
Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co
Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Had-
leigla Bank, Mormingtrie and Mistley Bank, and
Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich-Alexander' k Ca 60,033
.Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Randall, Mercer, and
Co.
Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-Davies
and Co.
Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank,
Knaresborough-llarrison and Co
.21,959
Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crowdson, &Co 42,673
Longton Staffordshire Bank, Longton-C. Hervey
and Son 6,171
Leeds Bank, Leeds--Beckett and Co
Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W. Williams, Brown,
and Co.
Leicester Bank, Leicester-T. and T. T. Paget 33,011
Lewis Old Bank, Lewis-Whitefeld and Co. 31,188
Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-,Smith, Ellison and Co ...95,529
Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llandile
Bank, Llandovery-D. Jones and Co
Loughborough Bank, Loughborough-Middleton
and Cradock
Lymington Bank, Lymington-S. and G. F. St
Barba
Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Legis--
Gurneys and Co. 15,743
Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis-
Jarvis and Co 12,975
Macclesfield Bank, llacelesfield-Brocklehurst and
Co.
15,100
llanningtree Bank, Manningtree-Nunn and Co 3,111
Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Williams and Son 3,764
Miners Bank, Truro-Willyams and Co.
Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank,
Abergavenny-Bailey and Co. 87,996
Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon
Bank, Chepstnw Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and
. Rose and Pakefordshire Bank, Monmouth-
13romaze; Snead, and Co.
Newark tank, Newark-Gadfly and Riddell 23,677
Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and
Newark Bank, Sleaford-ilandley, Peacock, 1111
Co.
Newbury Bank, Newbury-Bunny, Slocock, and Co 11,411
Newmarket Bank, Newmarket--Eaton, Hammond,
and Co 19,491
Norwich Crown Bankand Norfolk and Suffolk Bank,
Norwich-Harveys and Hadsons .. 42,924
Norwich and Norfolk and Fakenham Banks, Nos.
with-Gurneys and Birkbecks 92,220
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Notting-
ham-Hart, Fellows, and Co
Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton-Craddock and Co. 2,593
Naval Bank, Plymouth-Harris & Co ... 22,360
New Sarum Bank, Sarum-Everett and Co. 10,040
Nottingham Bank, Nottingham-Samuel Smitk
and Co ... 127,931
Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Oswestry
-Croton and Co` 11,497
Oxford Old Bank, Oxford-Parsons and Co 36!391
Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge
Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridp-
Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge--T. H.
and S. Beaching ' • 10,267
Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney-J. W. Clinch
and Sons
Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank asil
Beverley Bank, Hull-Pease and Co
Penzance Bank, Penzance-Batten and Co.
Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter•
borough-D. Yorke and Co.
Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwesa-J. and W
Walters
Reading Bank, Reading-Simonds and 6..
Reading Bank, Reading-Stephens, Blandy, k Ce 31,225
Richmond Bank, Richmond-Roper and Co.
Rochdale Bank, ROehdale--Clement, Royds, & Cs. 3,279
Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Itachestem--
Day and Nicholson
Royston Bank, Royston-Fordham and Sons 10,775
Rugby Bank, Rugby-A• Butlin and Son 11,400
Rye Bank, Rye-B. C. Pomfret and C. 18,475
Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross-Allaway and
MacDougal .. 4041
Saffron Walden and North E --

or, ..ssoz. Rank, Saffron
Waldon--Gibsons and Co. 25,248
Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, ICo 13,75 s
Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Wood.ill
and Co.
Shrewsbury Old Boa and Shrewsbury and Ludlow
Bank, Shrewsbury Rocks, Eyton and Co.
Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittiugbourun—

Valiance and Co.
Southampton Town and County Bank, Southemp-
ton—Maddison and Pearce
'Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylis szd Co 19,979
Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southampton
—Atherley, Fall, and Co.
Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co.
Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stanford—Eaton,
Cayley, and Co 19,891
Shrewsbury and Welsh Pool Bank, Shrewsbury--
Beck, Downward, and Co.
Taunton Bank, Taunton—ll. and R. Badcock 39,231
Taristock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Sons' and Cc 9,691
Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Harwood and Cc 3,649
Titerton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Thum
ford and Co.
Thrapaton and Kettering Yank, Northamptonshire,
Thrapaton—York and 'land .. 11,247
Tring Bank and Chersham Bank, Tring—Sntchar
and Son
Towchester Old Bank, T owchoster—P erciyal aid Co 7,741
Town and County of Poole Bank and Rinwood
and Poole Bank, Poole—G. W. Ledgard aid Seas 10,337
Union Bank, Cornwall, Ilelston—Vivian and Co 18,172
Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge--Hull, Smith, &C.. 11,297
Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Hedges, Wells,
and Co.
Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwisk--

Greaves and Co.
Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox,
Brothers, and C 0.... 4,043
West Riding
_Bank, Wakefield and PAntefract

Bank—Leatham, Tew, and Co 46,314
Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chapman,
and Co.
Winchester, Alresford, end Alton Bank, Wiaches-
ter—Bulpett and Co.
Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, liVey-
mouth—Elliot, Pearce, and Co.
Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank—
Arkwright and Co.
_ _

.. 31,702

Wisbecli and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech—Onr-
neys and Co 62,396
Wiveliscombe Bank, Wivelisembe—T. and 1T
Hancock
Wolverhampton lank, Welverhampton--Coodricka

and Holy Cake -
Worcester Old 8ai1,,, and Tewkesbury Old .9ask,
Worcester—Berwiek, Lechmere, and Co '
Wolverhampton Bask, Wolverhampton—R. ,ma
W. F. Fryer lO,llll
Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and

Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth— Gurneys, &Aback
and COr Ittrlttutilifettettlittilnt 43,20 II

LAW INTELLIGENE, Dec. 5.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.
(Before Sir W. P. Wood.)
DRAKE V. SYMES.
This case came on upon exceptions to answer.
The bill was filed by certain shareholders' in the
International Life Assurance Society against the
directors, and one of the securities on which the
moneys of the society had been invested. Interro-
gatories had been filed, containing inquiries of a
searching.nature as to the business of the society,
and requiring the defendants to set forth a list of
the policies granted and their particulars, and also
the way in which the funds of the society had.been
invested, what loans had been granted, and to
whom, &c. The defendants in their answer
umhad
referred to the books of the society (38 in nber
and scheduled), as containing full and correct in-
formation as to the policies now in existence, and
as to the particulars of the securities upon which the
moneys of the society had been invested. The
plaintiffs had applied for an inspection of the books,
anti it was decided in chambers that they were -en-
titled to an unlimited inspection, the defendants
having proposed to seal up certain portions. Not-
withstanding this decision the plaintiffs had on the
same day excepted to the answer as insufficient in
these particulars.
Mr. Rolt and Mr. W. H. C)le, in support of the
exceptions, contended that the plaintiffs were en-
titled to have the information sought for presented
to them in a tangible shape, without being put to
the trouble of sifting the 38 huge volumes which
had been scheduled, for the purpose of collecting
the necessary data for making their calculations and
submitting them to an actuary.
Mr. VT. M. James and Mr. Cotton, for the de-
fendants', contended that the books contained full
particulars as to everything inquired for by the
plaintiffs. The books were open for the inspection
of the plaintiffs, and the directors had no further
information to give beyond. what was contained
therein.
. Mr. lolt replied on the question of costs.
The Vice-Chancellor, after observing that it
was desirable that great care should be taken
in framing interrogatories -so that they should
not be oppressive, said that the information
which was contained in the books ought to be
pointed.out in some easy and accessible form. With,
respect to the inquiry as to loans, &c., the Court
*mild not require the names of the debtors to be-
set out. So in a litigation between the members
of a banking firm, the partners would not be bound
to set out the balances of all their customers. His
Honour, after adverting to the circumstance that
the exceptions had been taken after the order for
inspection had been made, said that when a defen-
dant was asked to set out lists of thiS° oppressive
character, he was justified in saying that all the
accounts, &c., were contained in certain books,
which books were true, provided that he referred
to the books sufficiently to make them part of the
answer. At the same time, in referring to books
in this way, the defendant was bound to make the
examination of those books as convenient as possi-
'ble, by in some degree at least specifying and nar-
rowing the sources of information through which
.the plaintiff had to seek. It was not enough,
therefore, when the inquiries were specific, to give
a simple reference to these enormous books. It was
surely for the benefit of all parties that the infor-
mation should be given in the cheapest and most
accessible form.
The exceptions must, therefore, in strictness, be
allowed, but he should reserve the costs until flu-
ther order.