The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-17 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS.

Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth
vic:oria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank
Notes of I,Le several Banks of Issue in Eng] and arid
Wales, it during the Week ending Satur-
day, the 31st day 9f Oct., /357 :

Average
Amount.
10,115
9,599

PRIVATE BANKS.
Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co.
Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmitt atid Pomfret
Aylsham Bank, Aylsham-G. and T. Copeman
Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Z. D. Hunt
Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade
Bank, Baldock-Wells, Hogge, and Co
Barnstaple Bank. Barnstanle-Marshall and Co,
Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke-
Seymour, Lamb, and Co.
Bedford Bank. Bedford-T. Barnard and Sons 30,3 20
Bewdley Bank, Bewdley - Nichols, Baker,
and Co
Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford
Bank, Bicester-R. M. and G. Tubb
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham - -Attwoods,
Spooner, and Co 23,332
Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir
mingham-J. L. Moilliet and Sons 9,115
Blandford Bank, Blandford-Oak and Co. 6, 711
Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 71,433
Boston Bank, Boston-H. and T. Gee and Co 15,077
Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-J. and J. L
Sealey
Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Miles, and Co 34,315
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 - Gillet, Tawney,
and Co.
Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Cobb and Son 35,465
Bath City Bank, Bath- -G. Moger and Son -
Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton
Buzzard-Bassett, Grant, and Co , 35,997
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and
Lloyds
29,082
Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H.
A. and W. M. Harris and Co.
Brecon OM Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 64,612
Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West,
and Borrer
Burlington and Driffield Bank Burlington-
Harding, Smith, and lo 12,331
Bury St, Edmunds Bauk, Bury St. Edmunds-
J. Worlledge
Cambridge Bank, Cambridge- Mortlock & Co. 13,689
Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam-
bridge-Messrs. Fosters
Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and
32 690
Co
Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-David Morris
and Sons 24,865
Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-La Coste and Son 2,869
Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round & Green 18,162
Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and
Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank,
Colchester-Mills, Bawtree, and Co 39,779
Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co 45,827
Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little & Woodcock 6,942
City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co 19,373
Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbecks, and
72,883
Co
Cardiff Bank, Cardiff-Towgood 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 8,895
Derby Bank, Derby-W. and S. Evans & Co. 11,612
Derby Bank, Derby-Samuel Smith and Co 38,333
Derby Old Bank. and Scarsdale and High Peak
Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co
Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locke
and Co 9,013
Diss Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham, and Co 9,799
Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster
-Cooke and Co 70,840
Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton
on-Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse &Co 83,005
Devonport Bank. Devonport- Hodge and Co 9,101
Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank,
Dorchester-R. and H. Williams 46,673
Fast Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Fos-
ter and Co 96,295
East 'Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower and Co 52,343
Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank
Chelmsford-Sparrow, Round, and Co 42,803
Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 26,215
Fakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk
-

27,643

29,567
11,312

beck, and Co
Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far-
ringdon—Barnes, Medley, and Co 7,659
Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs Knight
Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co 5,833
Godalming Bank, Godalming-IVlellersh and
4,978
Keen
Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon.. 13,068
Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0... 28,101
Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder,
and Co.
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—Rust and Veaseys
Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and
Co.
Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin
Sharpies, and Co.
Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and
Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford—
Morgan and Co
Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co.
Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk,
Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley
Bank, and 'Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich—
Alexanders and Co.
Kentish Bank, MOdstone—Mercer, Randall,
and Co.
Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—
Davies and Co.
Knighton Bank, Knighton—Davies and Co ---
Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank,
Knaresborough—Harrison and Co '21,571
Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson
and Co. 46,034
Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C
Harvey and Son 5,232
Leeds Bank, Leeds--Beckett and Co.
Leeds' Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams,
Brown and Co.
Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby, 31,887
Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co 19,307
Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Greene ---
Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and-Co. 95;031
Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan-
&do Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co 30,843
Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle-
ton and Cradock 6,145
Lymington Bank, Lymington—St. Barbe and
Co.
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
1,770
Co.
Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts
Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, :Marl-
borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank,
and Huncr-trford Bank, Marlborough—Tan-

nerand Co ---
Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Williams and
50n..... . 11,212
Miners' Bank, Truro-Willyams and Co 17,613
Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial
Bank, Abergavenny-Bailey and Co 27,565
Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre-
con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old
Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank,
Monmouth-Bromag,e, Snead, and Co 14,806
Newark Bank, Newark-Godfrey and Riddell 21,860
Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and
Newark Bank, Sleaford-Handley, Peacock,
and
Co
Newbury Bank, Newbury-Bunny & Slocoek 20,275
Newmark-4 Bank, Newmarket-Eaton, Ham-
mond, and Co
Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk
Bank, Norwich-Harveys and Hudsons 47,780
Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich-Gur-
-96,
Nottingham 385
net's eekottinghamshire Bank, and Bi r
andk b
N
Not-
tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co 10,291
Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton-Craddock and Co 3,308
Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth-Harris
and Co.
New Sarum Bank, Sarum-Everett and Co 10,004
Nottingham Bank, Nottingham-Samuel Smith
and Co.
Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os
westry-Croxon and Co
Oxford Old Bank, Oxford-Robinson, Parsons,
and Co. t
Old 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 Co.
Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank
and Beverky Bank, Hull-Pease and Co 44,488
Penzance Bank, Penzance--Batten and Co.
Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter-
borough-D. Yorke and Co.
Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest-J. and
W. Walters.. .. 12,747
Reading Bank, Reading-Simonds and C 0..... 28,900
Reading Bank, Reading-Stephens, Blandy,
and Co.
Richmond Bank, Richmond-Roper and Co 6,196
Rochdale Bank, Rochdale-Clernent, Royds,
and Co. 4,658
Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches.
ter-Day and Nicholson 7,865
Royston Bank, Royston-Fordham and Sons 12,690
Rugby Bank, Rugby-A. Butlin and Son 9,955
Rye Bank, Rye- R. C. Pomfret, & Co 13,719
Scarbor3ugh Old Bank, Scarborough-Wood-
all and Co 24,685
Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and
Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury- Rocke, Ey-
one, and C 0,... ...... 49,816

TEE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLE.

PLYMOUTH, Nov. 14.

The I rrorth of Europe S,eain Company's packet
Leipsic, Captain Rivers, which has been employed
in recovering the submerged cable, arrived here
this morning and proceeded to Keyham-yard. The
operation was commenced by Mr. Bright, the engi-
neer, on the 22d ult. The heavy inshore cable
was und.er run from the station at Valencia on a
catamaran, formed of a timber framing bearing a
saddle. fixed between two long iron buoys ; this was
t ,wed. by the steamer. At a distance of five miles,
which. was attained on the 31st Oct., the galas
having interfered with the work, the bearings were
taken, and the wire was attached to three chain-
cables, fitted with a buoy, at a short distance apart,
for connexion 'with the ocean line to be laid next
spring, when operations will recommence. On
Thursday, the sth inst., after the wind had abated.
the steamer went 10 milts out, grappled the light
cable, paid commenced hauling in, with the aid of
a small engine on deck, which was calculated,
with the machinery attached, to draw about two
miles p-r hour in tine weather, and a mile and a
quarter when there was much sea on. About 53
miles of t e ocean wire—and the remainder of the
inshore cable about five miles—were thus recovered.
At a quarter-past 4 o'cl.ick on Friday, the 6th inst.,
when a heavy swell and sea prevailed, the wire
patted. The bottom there was rocky, and it is
not improbable that the wire, which is capable
of bearing a strain of four tons, was broken by
the unt;ven character of the ground ; the drift of
the steamer making very little way with the wind
on her quarter would tend to bring a heavy
strain upon the cable if it lay in a clt-ft. The
weather was very rough and unsuitible for the
work—the Atlantic swell being always heavy at
this season ; and the recovery of the remainder
must be postponed until next spring, when a 8111211
steamer will be sent to meet the Agamemnon, and
to assi:,t in making the splice with the shore end.
It is very satisfactory to know that the sub-
merged wile bears no appearance of injury, and the
whole of the recovered cable can be used again.
There is, of course, a little rust on the 12 wires
which protect the inshore cable, but on rubbing
with the finger they become bright again ; none of
the gotta percha coatings are disturbed and the
tarring of the wire seems to have stood exceedingly
well. In manufacturing the inshore cable an outer
wire would occasirxially break, when the part was
lashed round with smaller wire ; these lashings are
also undisturbed.

The telegraph cable in the Agamemnon is pas-
sing at the rate of about a mile per hour from her
hold to the tanks. It goes through a composition
of tar, pitch, linseed oil, and beeswax, and is coiled
in circles so comp tot as to prevent the admission of
air. About 250 miles are.landed, and there are a
thousand yet on board. In oilier to facilitate the
departure of the Niagara for New York her 'girl
was discharged with greater rapidity, and a por-
tion of it is now passing a second time, but more
slwily, through the composition, to make its aPPir
cation more complete. An asphalted roof covers
Ora, tanks, which .are securely caulked to insure the
entire saturation of the cable with the solution,
which will effectually prevent any oxidation from
string iu. The old powder magazine on the north
side of the Keyha,m Docks is filled with the machi-
nery, hawsers, buoys, lamps, and other stores aPPer-
&titling to the enterprise.