The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-27 00:00:00

VENING, NOVEMBER 27, 1857.

SCREW STEAMERS AND SAILING

VESSELS.

(From the Times.)
Never was there a contest in which the victors
owed so little to what is called "luck" as that which
seems now to be drawing to a close in India.
Everywhere the governing race was surprised, out-
witted, and reduced to the moat terrible straits.
Everywhere fortune seemed to go against them—
the fortune of position, of opportunity, and of sea-
son. The largest cities, in which were concentrated
the strongest forces of Sepoys, fell into the hands of
the enemy ; Delhi, Agra, Lucknow, and Cawnpore
seemed irretrievably lost. The time was one when
the British force in India was unprecedently small,
-since within a few years kingdom after kingdom
had been annexed without any corresponding in-
crease of European troops. Then the mutiny broke
out in the early summer, when the natives of a
temperate climate are least able to bear exertion,
and a long march or a bard day's fighting may be
expected to lay up nearly every man in hospital.
Our countrymen seem, in fact, to have been placed
by fortune under every possible disadvantage, an
to have plucked safety and victory out of danger
only by the exercise of tho highest faculties neces-
sary to war. Perhaps the most surprising fact con-
nected with this great history is that success has
been won without the slightest aid from home.
When Delhi was stormed, and the Residency at
Lucknow relieved, more than 40,000 men were
tossing on the ocean, but not one had reached the
scene of war. In every kind of steam or sailing
vessel which could be adapted to the conveyance of
troops, the forces of England had been shipped off
batch by batch during three long months, but even
the swiftest sailer bad hardly arrived in the Hoeghly
before the fate of the war had been decided. Now,
though we have in this case happily fallen on our
feet, and though the British name will even receive
a higher lustre from the scantiness of the numbers
who have won the battle, yet it is not unimportant
to point out the fault that has been committed in
sending reinforcements by such slow and antiquated
machines as the ordinary class of sailing ships.
By the last mail we have in telligencethat a num-
ber of vessels, containing about 5,000 mon, had ar-
rived at various ports of our Indian possessions up
to the 22d Oct. It is to the difference in the length
of these passages that we would call attention. It
may, however, be remarked that all the sailing.vee-
sels have made passages far more tedious than the
average, and that winds and waves seem also to
have been in a conspiracymith our enemies. We
even hear of calms on the Line lasting for nearly
four weeks. There had arrived, however,
at Calcutta when the mail left, the steam-
ships Thebes, Golden Fleece, and Caledonian.
The Thebes sailed on 31st July, the Golden- Fleece
August 8, the Caledonian, July 26. Thus all these
steamers had accomplished the voyage under three
months, and the Golden Fleece, one of the largest
ancl.finest vessels afloat, had arrived in about two
months and a half. The mail steamer passed the
ships Areta and Bucephalus, the former of which
left England as early as the 18th of June, while
the ,other sailed on the Ist of July. Thus the
Golden Fleece, which sailed more than seven weeks
after the Areta, arrived at Calcutta before her, beat-
ing the Bucephalus also by more than five weeks.
No w, the event has been fortunate, but if it had
been otherwise what would the world have thought
of an arrangemeat which produced so intolerable a
delay ? Seven weeks ! What might not have been
done in that time ? The mines under Lucknow
might have been finished, and. Havelock might
hive come too late for the rescue ; the Punjaub or
the Bombay Presidency might have broken into
revolt through a belief that the English succours
that were so long talked about had no ex silence.
In fact, the whole fortune of the war, and perhaps
the destiny of India, might have been changed by
the neglect to use the most familiar application of
science at the critical hour. At Madras were the
Carthage and United Kingdom steamers, the for-
mer of which left England on the Ist of August,
an 1 the latter on tlte 4th of the earns mouth.
At the latest dates 'no sailing vessel had reached
Madre& At Gallo there had waived on the
234 of October the steam-ship Australian, which
left England on the 15th of August, and had there-
fore made the passage in 69 days' ; on the 25th the
C.%ndia arrived in 71 clays, while only two or three
sealing veasels from among thoseearliest despatched
had made their appearance. On the whole, it may
be said that the average difference between the pas-
sages of the sailing vessels and the steamers will pro-
bably be found considerably to exceed a month. Of
course, in this estimate we do not include large clip-
pers like the Lightning and the James Baines, which
were taken up at a later period, but only the ordi-
nary sailing craft in which the troops were de-
spatched during June and the early part of July.
Now, there can be no doubt that the whole of the
•

troops, might have been sent in steamers without
any sacrifice to the country. The great impulse
which the building of screw-steamers had received
would have enabled the Government at any time
to c omraan dthe services of a dozen or mere first-class
vessels. The owners are always willing to lend if the
Government will hire. Nor can we believe that the
additional expense ought to weigh for a moment in
the choice. In fact, it ,is doubtful if steam transport
is not in reality cheaper than by the ordi-
nary . sailing vessels. '
,The passage .is shorter,
and tbe ship may be returned to its owners
within a less time. The loss of the soldier's
services by a long voyage must also be taken into
account, and the chance of sickness induced by
protracted confinement on board. Viewed even as
a matter of money, we may say that the prompt
arrival of troops is necessarily the first considera-
atinoan.y.most pressing,
yet in emergencyoi. remonstwreansce troops we re-
sent in ships which have lost Wren weeks on the
dheefiremtheee
voyage. .
If we are rightly informed, the Queen's Govern-
ment has not been primarily to blame in this affair.
Toe East India Directors have been the partisans
of that method of marine locomotion which best
accords with their antique traditions. In fact, the
first batch of troops was sent out upon the requisi-.
tion of the Company, the Government being only
concerned so far that it furnished the men. A cer-
tain number of troops were made over to the Com
pany, which transported them in its own manner.
It was only when the danger
became extreme that
the Directors were prevailed upon to take up the
best vessels and to send out the men with the
utmost despatch. Of course, the reasoning of
the Directors and their partisans has been that
lcudia belongs to the Company, and that all
which the Government should do is to supply at
a fair remuneration men to defend it. But the
country can no longer submit to such fictions.
The double Government, which is the type of
obstruction and circumlocution, has had its.
day, and must now give way to some-
thino better suited to the -present time and
to-actual wants. We are happy to-say that as soon
as-Parliament meets -for the despatch- of general
business the total abolition of the Company's Go-
yernment will be proposed by Ministers. India
will be brought immediately under the control of
the Crown and Parliament, with such a machinery
of administration as shall be thought eouduciv© to
its welfare. The greatest dependeiicy.of the empire
will receive the benefits of direct Ministerial respou-
sibility. Under-such a system we cannot doubt
that the nation which has conquered and recou-
qeered India will -soon urge it,..onwaral., with new
force in the path of improvement. •

Dr, Livingstone was to have embarksd for Portugal
yesterday at Southampton' in the Peninsular mail
packet. • The last advicee from Lisbon, however, con-
vey so fearful a representation of .the ravages of the
epidemic there that the doctor has thought right to
pr,,t,,lne his visit to that capital.
rADTEItTISEIMNT.I—The indefatigable researches of Dr.
Livingstone have suddenly made us acquainted with one of
the happiest people in the world, of whose very existence
littlq was hitherto known in civilised Europe generally. In
their ailments they never havo recourse to cod liver oil, and
they araequally independent of physic and the physician, for
Dr.. Livingston found their staff of life to be the Revalenta
Arabica Food, which keeps them perfectly free from disease,
" consumption, scrofula,. cancer; die., having been scarcely
heard of, and the smallpox and measles have not been known
for 30 years!' In England also the Revalenta Arabica has pro-
duced a wonderrul improvement in the health of the people,
removing cough, consumption, asthma, debility, indigestion,
(dyspepsia) constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver com-
plaints, and restoring the faculty, of digestion, aid net vous
muscular energy to the most enfeebled, as proved by testi-
monials froth the cel,d3ra.ted Professor of Chemistry Dr.
Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey ; Dr. Canapbell ;
Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzel:; Dr. Ingram; Lord Stuart de l
Decies the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, and 50,000
other well known individuals, whose health has been restored
by 'this useful and economical diet,. after all other means of
cureliad been tried in vain for many years, and all hopes of
recovery abandoned. Its effect on the progress of population
is most favourable as exhibited by the Registrar-Gencral,show-
ing for London an average of 1780 weekly births against a
mortality of 1200, leaving a. happy gain of 580, or near 50 per
cent. in favour of progress; a result most cheering to all
classei, as it opens a fair prospect that by the more general
use of Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food the Europeans will
soon enjoy the same freedom from disease. as the West
Africans. It is sold in canisters, 11b., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s 63. ; '
51b., 225. The 121 b. carriage free, on receipt of .post-offica
order. Harry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street ; Fort-
num, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly; Abbis, 60, Grace.
church-street ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; 330 and 430,
Strand, I,ondon,

BANK RETURNS.

An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth
Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank
Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and
Wales, in. Circulation during the Week ending Satur-
day, the 14th da F of Nov., 1857 :

PRIVATE BANKS. Average
Amount.
Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co.
Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jernmitt Pomfret,and
Co.
Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt 25,076
Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade
Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogge, and Co 29,514
Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co 9,384
Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke—
Seymour, Lamb, and Co. .
Bedford Bank. Bedford—Barnard and Co. ... 31,352
Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker,
and Co
Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford
Bank, Bicester—H. M. and G. Tubb 16,080
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham —Attwoods,
Spooner, and Co 23,325
Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir-
mingham—J. L. Moilliet and Sons
1 Blandford Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co.
Boston Bank, Boston—Clay pons and Co.
Boston Bank, Boston—T. Gee and Co.
Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and J. L
Sealey
Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and Co
Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and
Broseley Bank, Broseley—Pritchards, Boy-
cott, and Co.
Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Par-
rott, and Co.
Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and
Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds—
Oakes, Bevan, and Co.
Banbury Bank, Banbury —J. C. and A
Gillett
Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Cobb and Son
Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton
Buzzard—Bassett, Son, and Co. • .••
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Lloyds & Co.
Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H.
A. and W. M. Harris and Co.
Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and C 0....
Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West,
and Ca.
Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington—
Harding, Smith, and Co
Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds—
Worlledge and Co
Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock & Co
Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam-
bridge—Messrs. Fosters
Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and
Co
Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—David Morris
and Sons
Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—La Coste and Son
Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round, Green,
and Co.
Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and
Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank,
Colchester—Mills, Bawtree, and Co
Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co
Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little & Woodcock
City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co
Craven Bank, Settle—Alcocks, Birkbecks, and
Co
Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon-
mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon
Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank,
Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co
Derby Bank, Derby—W. and S. Evans & Co
Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co
Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak
Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co
Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke
and Co
Diss Bank, Diss—Fincham, and Co
Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster
—Cooke and Co
Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton
on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse & Co
Devonport Bank. Devonport— Hodge and Co
Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank,
Dorchester—R. and H. Williams
Fast Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Fos-
ter' and Co
East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and Co
Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank
Chelmsford—Sparrow, Round, and Co
Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co
Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far-
ringdon—Barnes, Medley, and Co
Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs Knight
Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co.
Godalming Bank, Godalming-IVlellersh and
Keen
••
Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon..
Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0...
Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford—.
Matthews and Co.
Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank,
Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co.
Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting-
don—Veasey and Co.
Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and
Co.
Hertfordshire, Hitchin. Bank, Hitchin
Sharpies, and Co.
Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and
Ross • and Archenfield Bank, Ross
Morgan and Co
Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co.
Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk,
Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley
Bank, and Woodbridge sank, Ipswich—
Alexanders and Co.
Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall,
and Co.

Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—
Davies and Co.
Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank,
Knaresborough—Harrison and Co
Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson
and Co
Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C
Harvey and Son
Leeds Bank, Leeds—• Beckett and Co. .••
Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams,
Brown and Co.
Leicester Bank, Leicester—T. & T. T. Paget
Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Whit&l,l and Co
Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co
Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Lia,n-
dllo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co
Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle
ton and Cradock
Lymington Bank, Lymington—S, and- G. F.
St. Barbe
Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn
Regis—Gurneys and Co.
Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis—
Jarvis and Co
Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst
and Co.
Manningtree Bank, Manningtree--Nunn and
Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts
Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl-
borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank,
and liun,,lrford Bank, Marlborough—Tan-
_

8,839
6,177
67,355
14,387

7,673
32,651

18,253

23,715

65,04

35,017
29,590

34,262
25,886

11,444
63,555

17,025

11,924

2,289
14,339

46,06

31.631

22,694
2,963

15,803

35,429
44,006
4,265
19,330

72,835

8,564
10,004
37,628

25,635

8,446
10,319

67,249

82,814
9,181

47,266

96,346
52,216

38,988
24,700

7,001
11,210
5,781

5,359
12,692
25,902

20,060

19,943

48,537

4,905

30,283

22:585
19,113

62,812

14,718

51,515

43,793

5,243
55,265

36,954
29,593
19,761
86,525

30,186

7,124

3,312

37,594

10,847

13,724

1,124

ner and Co
CD. ,,..
Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and
Son
Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co
Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial
Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and Co
Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre-
con Bank, Chepstow -Bank, Chepstow Old
Bank, and Ross 'and Herefordshire Bank,
' Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co
Newark Bank, Newark—Gbdfrey and Riddell
Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and
Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock,
and Co....................
Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocoek.
Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham-
. mond, and Co
Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk
Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons
Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur-
' neys and Birkbecks
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not-
• ting,iam, Hart, Fellows, and Co
, Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co
Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris
and Co.
New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co
Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith
and Co.
oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os
westry—Croxon and Co
Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Parsons and Co.
01,1 Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton:
bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton-
bridge Wells and_ Sevenoaks Bank, Ton-
bridge—T. H. and S. Beeching
Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. W.
Clinch and Sons
Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank
and Beverl3y Bank, Hull—Pease and C 0....
Penzance Bank, Penzance--Batten and C 0....
Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter-
borough—D. Yorke and Co.
Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and
W. Walters.
Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co
Reading Bnk Reading—Stephens, Blandh
and C 0.............................................................
Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper an Co.
Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds,
and Co.
Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches.
ter—Day and Nicholson
Royston Bank, Royston---Fordham and Sons
Rugby Bank, Rugby—A. Butlin and Son
Rue BAn't, ltye— R. C. Pomfret, & Co
Ross Old Bank, Heredfordshire, Ross
• Allaway and Macdougal - •
Saffron Walden and Noah Essex Bank, Saf-
fron Walden—Gibson3 and Co.
Salop Bank Shrewsbury--Burton, Lloyd, and
Co.
Scarborough Old Banic, Scarborough—Wood-
all and Co
,Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and
! Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury— Rocke, Ey-
tons, and C 0....
Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbune.
—Valiance and Co.
Southampton Town and County Bank, South-
ampton—Maddison and Pearce ...

10,240
17,116

29,248

14,995
21,201

50,735
18,680

20,770

47,547

4 580

10,307
3,201

20,555
9,365

29,622

11,421
33,117

7,651

9,518

44,433
10,785

9,836

11,373
27,047

28,085
6,313

4,068

G,534
11,510
9,182
13,038

3,890

28 305

14,392

24,261

41,120

3,443

1 Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co.. 11,945
Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp-
ton—Atherley, Fell, and Co.
Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore
Stafford Old Bank, Stadord—Stevenso n and
Cr, .•
Stamford and-Rutland Bank, Stamford —Eaton,
Cayley and Co. . 29,911
Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury
—Beck, Downward, and Co.
Taunton Bank, Taunton—H. and R. Badcock 28,278
Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill and Rundle 10,790
Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph and Co. 8,957
Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton
Dunsford and Co.
Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton
shire—Thrapston, Yorke and Eland
ITring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But-
cher and Son
Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—Percival and
Co
Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring-
wood and Poole Bank, Poole—G. W. Led-
gard and Sons
Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and
Co.
Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith,
and Co
Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Hedges,
Wells, and Co.
Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick—
Greav,s and Co.
Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox,
Brothers, and Co
West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract
Bank, Wakefield— Leatham, Tew, and C 0...
Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap-
man, and Co
Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win-
chester—Bulpett and Co
Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester
—Wickham and Co
Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank,
Weymouth—Eliott and Pearce
Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank,
Wirksworth—Arkwright and Co
Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech—
Gurneys and Co
Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe— P. and
W. Hancock
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton— Go od-
ricke and Holyoake
Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Laven-
der, and Co
Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old
Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and
Co
Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley,
Turner, and Co
Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Forster
and Sons
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—R
and W. F. Fryer
Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth
and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurneys,
Birbeck, and Co
Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great
Yarmouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., and
Co
York Bauk, York— Swann, Clough, and Co

2,954

13,166

12,074

11,620

12,459

6,970

8,724

16,017

12,298

7,019

22,066

4,166

43,548

14,538

17,747

15,471

35,243

57,0G3

6,920

5,736

72,480

11,343

43,520

11,419
43,216

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Bank of Westmorland, Kendal...
Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley
Bradford Banking Company, Bradford
Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver-
hampton.
Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven
Bradford Commercial Banking Company,
Bradford..
Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union
Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent
Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking
Company, Chesterfield
Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work-
ington
Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company,
Coventry
Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry
County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel-
tenham
Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company,
Carlisle
Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle
Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company,
Dudley 35,509
Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company,
Derby
Darlington District JOint Stock Banking Com-
pany, Darlington
East of England Bank, Norwich 22,669
Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 144,465
Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 17,678
Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 33,230
Hull Banking Company, Hull 23,105
Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 12,337
Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com-
pany, Halifax .
Helston Banking Cbmpany, Helston 1,523
Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford
Knaresborough and Clara Banking Company,
Knaresborough
Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 2,773
Lancaster Banking Company, • Lancaster 64,155
Leeds Banking Company, Leeds 22,878
Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicesier 71,547
Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company 48,374
Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking
Company, Leamington Priors 8,735
Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,484
Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank-
ing Company, Nottingham
,13,278
Nott;noirn. Nottinchamshire Banking I
Company,Throttingliam 12,561
National Provincial Bank of England, Birming-
ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street,
London
North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 43,816
Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 80,887
Northamptonshire Banking Company, North-
ampton
North and South Wales Bank, -Liverpool 59,720
Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company,
Leicester
Saddlcworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 1,675
Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 35,187
Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com-
pany, Stamford
Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset-
shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang.
port 347,03_
Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall 43,890
Stourbridge and' Kidderminster Banking Com-
pany, Stourbridge , 56,929
Sheffield and nallamshire Banking Company,
Sheffield 21,870
Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking
Company, Sheffield 51,998
Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company,
Richmond
Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking
Company, Wolverhampton 32,970
Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake-
field
13,901
Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company,
Whitehaven
30,667
Warwick and- Leamington Banking Company,
Warwick
West of England and South Wales District
Bank, Bristol 71,675
Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 72,328
West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud-
dersfield 29,340
Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company,
Whitchurch
Worcester City and County Banking Com-
pany, Worcester 5,977
York Uniou Banking Company, York 67,731
York City and County Banking Company, 90,385
Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 116,165
J. MICHAEL, Acting Registrar of Bank Returns,
Inland Revenue, Somerset House, Nov. 21.

10,850
8,926
46,805

9.520
29,827

16,464

48,470

9,73

34,036

23,260
12,807

115,420

16,837