The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-19 00:00:00

BANKING DEPAITMEN T.

Proprietors 'c api tit! 14,553,000
Rest ••-•••• • • • • • • 3,199,821
Public deposits (In-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Say-
ings-banks, and DI-

!Government securl-

ties (including Dead

Weight Annility)— 14,296,554
Other securities •• •• 10,099,051
Notes • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 10,390,185
Gold and silver coin.. 738,358

vidend accounts).. 5,974,800
Other deposits •• •• • • 11,241,118
Seven day and other

bills•• •• •• •• .• ..•. 1,156,409

£36,124,148

£36,124,148
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
, 1850.

Dated the 17th day of January,

BATT'S AND WASDROUSES AT GREENWICII.—On
Thursday the parish of Greenwich was in a state of
unusual excitement., in consequence of a poll of the rate-
payers having heels taken as t the necessity of the
establishment of baths and NI aihhouses in the parish,
and which took place under the following eircum-
stances:—On the 6th Decetubvr last n Neltry which
several of tl e most influential parishioners were pre-
eas held in the vestry-room, the Bev. W. A.
a•ner, the vicar, in the chair, when a motion was
carried unanimously to adopt the Act for the ezt thlisb-
ment i f baths and vra,hhouses. On F.iday week, in order
f Cie/. to cißry into effect ti e provisions of the Act, a
vestry was canvened to take into consideration the pro-
prit ty of appokt ng commissioners of baths and wash-
nousev, the vicar presiding. A resolution was proposed
acid seconded in suppoit of the appointment of com-
missioners, upon which an amendment was moved that
it was inexpedient, in consequence f the great expense
likely to be incurred, that b ths and washhouses should
he e: acted. There were but five hands held up for the
amendment. The Rev. Chairman declared the resolu-
tion carried, when a pull was demanded. The poll lasted
iwo days, and was concluded yesterday. The Rev.
W. A. Soames, the vicar, having taken the cha'r, the
result was declared as follows:—For the appointment of
commissioners, 994; for the amendment, 590—majority
for baths and washhousss, 404. The Rev. Chairman
then stated, that their next duty was, under the Bth and
10th Victoria, to determine how many commissioners
should Le appointed. It was then resolved ncn con.
that there should be seven commissioners, whea the list
of names was proposed. I.Ltimately the following gentle-
men were declared by the vicar to be elected:—Mr. L.
Glenton, Mr. T. Jones, Dr. Purvi.,, Mr. A. Ritchie, Mr.
H. Keel!, Mr. E. Absolom, and Mr. E. Bass. A poll
was demanded for the unsuccessful candidates, which
was appoin!ei t) take place on Thursday and Friday
nex'. The vestry separated at ten o'clock.

AYLESBURY SAVINGS-BANK.—In refrrence to the
robberies committed on the funds of this institution
through the em' ezzlementa and frrgeries of Henry
Stratton, a clerk connected with the savings bank, who
sailed for New York in the steam-ship Canada, on the
29th of December last, a communication has been re-
cently addressed to Sir G. Grey on the part of the trus-
tees of the Aylesbury Savings-bank, expressing the hope
that, as the trustees had no funds at their command to
bear the charges of the capture and prosecution of Strat-
ton, and as they entertained a strong opinion 'het tre
arrest and convictionef one who had succeeded in placing
hitnse:f fur the present beyond the reach cf the law
would be attended with very bent ficial results, the Go-
vernment would at its own charge take measures to
bring him to justice. In reply to this communication the
trustees were iciforined by official letter, dated Jen. 14,
that Sir G. Grey would be happy to render the trustees
of the Aylesbury Savings-bank all the assistance in his
power to procure the apprehension and delivery of
Henry Stratton, according to the teens cf the
treaty with the American Government, bat that Le
could not undertake to dsf:ay the expenses, which
must, as in ordinary cases, be borne by the prosecutor.
We are informed that the trustees lace e t teen closely en-
gage! in investigating the accounts, fur the purpose of
ascertaining the exact amount cf the defalcation ; and
that it appears by the hank ledgers o:st-, 1,243 deposit irs
have to their credit 92,589/. 0 . 6d.; 1,165 depositors
have sent in their pass-books--of these 1,118, represent-
ing 30,620/. 10s. 6d., have been passed by the managers;
the remaining 47 are reserved for explanation, but con-
tiin entries on which no question can be raised to the
amount of 740/., and the remaining 78 depositors have
failed to seed in their pats-books. The appropriations
amount to 7604, Stratton's relations being the heaviest
sufferers. The depositors who have been defrauded
lave, with few exceptions, ithioged the rules of the in-
stitution by ieaying their deposits in Stratton's bands
out of the bank business hour, which is from 12 to 1
every Wednesday, when managers are constantly in at •
t3ndance. Entries have been male by St-atton in•the
pass-hooks, but no corresponding entries appear either
in the cash-book or the ledgers.
CLIIMNBYSWEEPING BY CLIMBING-BOYS.—Samuel
assistant to William
Whitt, aged ten year',
a hireddler's-lane, was sent for
by chiwneysweeper,
o clock on on-I -
by the wife
sweep her c
not return to his hcifmaneyentetnbanittt-tnepaehstzlitntß‘oarkeTtß Broad-lane, °tor
eft..rnoon last. As the boy did
raasup
h was alarm
Bonser, who was ill, went to seek him and found be had
been au hour in the chimney, and a small portion of fire
and to st
judged
still in the grate. Mrs. Barker had called to him
repeatedly,
i
however,ted isnotcoming downalarmed,
is teanmdssiinpr,
from his hard breathing that he was suffocating, and
sent immediately for tools to extricate him. Lie- first
sent another sweep up the chimney to try to get him
pi
out, but this not succeeding Mr. Parker, bricklayer, and
Mr. Ilammertley, joiner, who were present, sent a boy
up the chimney to ascertain the situa•ion of Whitt, the
climbing-boy; this having been pone, they began t i cut
the brickwork, but found its thickness and resistance too
great. At the expiration of the second hour the little
sufferer mai drawn out by the other boy. He then alie
pear..d 1 flees, and was immediat examined by Mr.
Hiegieb, t :one jun , surgeon ; he and his son remained
in atteedance upon him till nine o'clock at night, and
their atiendsnce and that of his master, who eat up with
him, was continued till he was removed to the General
Hospital on Wednesday evening. The poor boy lost his
father on Monday, the 7th instant. There does not ap-
pear
tomare been any extraordinary negligence or ill-
trestment on the pact of the master. Similar deplorable
accideLti will always be liable to occur, no doubt are
occurring, so long es the provisions of the
Act against
climbing-boys are suffered to remain unenforced.—/Vot-
tingham Merc ?try
HANESOME DONATION.—On Thursday evening, at
the Board cf. Dia-;agemet t of tt e Hospital for Consump-
tion, et Brempton, Benjamin Shear, Esq , in the chair,
it was stAted ti:at tl.e dena:ion of 100/. had just been
atf rdel. and -r the si,naitare of a •‘ Widow Lady," in aid
of the fads of the hspital.